Arts & Culture
JxJ Festival returns live with focus on Jews of Color, LGBTQ Jews
While much of the world got through the first two-plus years of the pandemic streaming and Zooming, Dava Schub says there’s nothing like a...
You Should Know … Aaron Shneyer
Aaron Shneyer believes that music can transform the world — or at least change people and communities for the better. The Takoma, D.C., resident...
Forgotten Bernstein quartet will be performed at Bender JCC
Updated, May 2, 2022, 11:55 a.m. This story was updated to reflect a change in ticket price.
Like a triple flat in musical terms, discovering...
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Nation and World
Lipstadt decries those who do not take antisemitism seriously
Antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, said Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar whose nomination to be the State Department’s antisemitism...
Jewish thinkers split among ethics of cannabis use
On April 21, the sixth night of Passover, more than just Jews were celebrating a holiday revolving around a burning bush.
The day marked the...
Where do Chuck Schumer and Madison Cawthorn both quote Torah?
It was a day of dancing, libations, congressmen over 70 and controversial House Rep. Madison Cawthorn — who got so excited he called Jews...
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Barbara Goldberg Goldman | Special to WJW In January 1973, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Roberta Flack and the O’Jays earned their first Billboard number-one ...
- Jewish lives lost to the coronavirus
Chabad.org is working on a project to record and recall every member of the Jewish community who has perished during this plague. Yaakov Abayev ● Schneur ...
- What are ‘Judeo-Christian values’? Analyzing a divisive term
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- The top ten Mel Brooks movie lines
Mel Brooks has become one of the most iconic Jewish comic writers with movies like Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and more. I’ve assembled a list ...
- You Should Know … Aaron Shneyer
Aaron Shneyer believes that music can transform the world — or at least change people and communities for the better. The Takoma, D.C., resident was ...
Food and Dining
Ukrainian-Jewish food: Remember the past through recipes
Linda Morel | Special to WJW
When Russia’s barbaric aggression against Ukraine began, Jewish aid organizations estimated that 200,000 Ukrainian Jews were integrated into the...
Influencer Eitan Bernath eats the world
Julia Gergely | New York Jewish Week
Eitan Bernath props up his iPhone, checks his mic and tries to remember the order of his cookie...
The experience of Passover goes beyond flavor
By Leah Holzel
The pungent kick of horseradish on a fresh crisp sheet of matzah. The tender mouthfeel of a feather-light kneidel, moist with savory...
