| Diminishing hatredLocal students take part in Israeli film program |
by Aaron Leibel
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| Talk with Jewish chaplainon Jewish Community Radio |
Estelle Abraham's interview with Air Force Capt. Gary Davidson -- rabbi and chaplain to U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in the area -- will be broadcast on her Jewish Community Radio show (WUST 1120 AM) on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 More... |
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| Delicious pareve desserts |
| That's the goal of 'The Kosher Baker'
by Aaron Leibel, Arts Editor
Paula Shoyer is on a mission -- she wants to end "the era of bad pareve desserts" -- and hopes her new book will contribute to that end.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 More... |
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| Dancing magicIsraeli dance group for kids is launched |
To Marnina Cowan, Israeli folk dancing is about much more than just tripping that proverbial light fantastic.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 More... |
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| The big shift -- how 'Commentary' moved right |
Running Commentary: The Contentious Magazine That Transformed the Jewish Left into the NeoConservative Right by Benjamin Balint. New York: PublicAffairs, 2010. 304 pp. $26.95.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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| WDCJCC offers Community Prize on Writing |
The Washington DC Jewish Community Center is seeking entries for its Community Prize for Writing, which this year focuses on "Strangers in a Strange Land: The Lives of Jewish Immigrants."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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| 'Lebanon' director belatedly confronts memories of war |
by Michael Fox
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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| Using photos to make her family come alive
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by Aaron Leibel
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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| 'Great Cantors' at Beth ElFilm precedes Selichot services |
There's the "king of the cantors" -- Yossele Rosenblatt -- in his screen test to portray Al Jolson's father in the first "talkie," The Jazz Singer, a role he eventually turned down; Mordechai Hershman, a tenor who turned down an offer from the Metropolitan Opera in New York; Gershon Sirota, the cantor at the Great Synagogue in Warsaw, who toured the U.S. and whose audience included Enrico Caruso; and Moishe Oisher, a Yiddish film matinee idol, who resembled Errol Flynn and was a High Holiday cantor.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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| Disgruntled office workers Art exhibit part of anniversary celebrationat Morty's Delicatessen in the District |
It's not as if Alan Simensky had always dreamed of making a living as an artist.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 More... |
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