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Leon Fleisher: ‘It’s still about the music’
Pianist Leon Fleisher died Aug. 2 at age 92. Below, we repost our 2019 profile of him.
By Susan C. Ingram
Leon Fleisher was voted prettiest...
Cartoonist Anna Sellheim connects through DIY comics
Abortion. Depression. Anxiety. These can be difficult topics to broach at the dinner table. But Anna Sellheim makes them a focus of her work...
Reading along with D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau
By Brianne Nadeau
Brianne Nadeau has represented the District’s Ward 1 on the D.C. Council since 2015. She’s been a voracious reader a lot longer...
Nation and World
Retooled approach for special-ed students brings surprising results during distancing era
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By Eric Berger
When Racheli Friedbauer, now 11, was enrolled four years ago in a Jewish special education program, it changed her life.
Due to a...
With refugees hit doubly hard by the pandemic, Jewish groups step up aid efforts
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By Michele Chabin
Nearly 80 million people around the world are refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced.
Already marginalized and at elevated risk of malnutrition, disease...
Deluged by pandemic needs, Israeli doctors get help from unlikely source: robots
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By Larry Luxner
JERUSALEM — Orthopedic surgeons at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center on Mount Scopus recently welcomed a newcomer to their team.
She’s incredibly efficient, never...
Food and Dining
Shwarma chicken kebabs: Perfectly spiced, quick to make and oh-so-juicy
By Chaya Rappoport
If you think chicken kebabs sound boring, I don’t blame you. Usually they are. And dry. But not this recipe.
This recipe pays...
Failing her way to delicious turkey kofteh patties
I set out to make ground turkey kofteh kebabs: These are the well-seasoned, oblong, sausage-shaped bites that are pressed onto a skewer and grilled.
I...
The golden age of Jews in the alcohol industry
By Joel Haber
This may be surprising, but Jews have a long and very influential history in the alcohol industry spanning Europe, Israel and North...