Borscht Belt blues
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Goebbels’ wife had Jewish father, new document shows
The wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels had a Jewish father, according to a new document discovered in the Berlin archives. The document was published in the German newspaper Bild, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported last week. It shows that the father of Magda Goebbels was a Jewish businessman named Richard Friedlander, who married
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International, Jewish HistoryItalian soprano Daniela Dessi dies suddenly
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsJazz harmonica master Toots Thielemans dies at 94
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsJewish trivia question: Touro Synagogue
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice-president, recently visited the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeshuat Israel, the congregation that is housed in the Touro Synagogue building, was recently in the news as a result of its winning a lawsuit against Congregation Shearith Israel of New York
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Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA‘Rugrats’ Actor Shares Sweet Message After Jack Riley’s Death
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMovie review: Natalie Portman makes directorial debut with ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’
LOS ANGELES — Actors gravitate toward passion projects, films they care deeply, even obsessively about, but the result is seldom as convincing as “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” a film of beautiful melancholy written, directed by and starring Natalie Portman. A Hebrew-language film based on the celebrated memoir by Israeli novelist Amos Oz, “Love
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Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastPolicing the language of the Holocaust in Poland
It’s hard to find words to describe an abomination like Auschwitz, the infamous Holocaust death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. However, if you choose the wrong words, you might soon end up in jail. This week Poland’s ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party pushed for a new law that would forbid the use of phrases like
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International, Jewish HistoryElie Wiesel photo exhibit upcoming in Moscow
MOSCOW (Press Release)– Limmud FSU, in partnership with the Shem Olam Institute and the Nativ organization, will host a rare photographic survey of the life of Elie Wiesel, from Aug. 24 until the end of September at the Israeli Cultural Center in Moscow. An array of VIPs will participate the opening of the exhibition, including the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USAFyvush Finkel, veteran actor, Emmy winner, dies at 93
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADo not dishonor the female captive
By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — The Bible warned the soldiers about a captive woman. I think a lot about a distressed woman in the Bible who has no name, no known community, and not much hope. She is described in the Book of Deuteronomy as “a captive lady,”—she is a prisoner of war. Her
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Jewish ReligionPoland Moves to Outlaw Links to Nazi Death Camps
The Polish government is pushing to outlaw references linking Nazi war crimes with the people of Poland, the country’s public broadcaster PR reports. The German Nazi government’s invasion and occupation of Poland in the autumn of 1939 is widely regarded as the start of World War II. Several of Nazi death camps used in the
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International, Jewish HistoryAward-winning journalist, advocate for tolerance dies
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsHistoric Torch from Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics to Be Auctioned in Maryland
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md., Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — An official torch from the notorious 1936 Olympics held in Berlin will be offered for sale in Maryland on August 23-24 by Alexander Historical Auctions. The 10 ½” tall steel torch was designed by the firm of Walter E. Lemcke and made by the enormous German war
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