admin | March 30, 2024
(JTA) Jewish actress and writer Lena Dunham is the latest Hollywood star to discover that her family has ties to the Holocaust on the PBS celebrity genealogy series Finding Your Roots. Dunham, the sometimes controversial comedian who was born to a Protestant father and a Jewish mother, has previously described herself as very culturally Jewish, and she stars in a forthcoming film, Treasure, that features a family grappling with its Holocaust history.
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admin | March 30, 2024
The author Georgia Hunter grew up hearing that her granduncle kept a fake penis foreskin on hand in case he had to show proof that he wasnt Jewish in Warsaw during the Holocaust. As the story was told to Hunter, her relative, an architect named Adam, was so desperate not to be discovered as Jewish that he stuck a bandage on his member with an egg white and water mixture
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admin | March 30, 2024
(March 27, 2024 / JNS) KADIMA-ZORAN, IsraelWalking cane in hand, the small elderly man hovers over the two fresh graves, gingerly watering the potted plants adorning them. He straightens the pictures of the young men, arranges the stones and mementos, and cleans off the tombstones. I know what pain is, Yaakov Lubinewski, 99, whose entire family was murdered by the Nazis eight decades ago, told a freshly bereaved Israeli father nearly six months ago in the aftermath of Hamass Oct
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admin | March 30, 2024
Its always daunting to press play on a TV show, movie, or documentary about the Holocaust. As necessary and important as these stories are, theyre also agonizing. And Hulus new limited series We Were the Lucky Ones about a Polish family forced to scatter across multiple continents during World War II is a tough watch
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admin | March 21, 2024
Rabbi Menachem Penner graced our community with his presence this past Shabbat, imparting not only insightful teachings but also igniting a flame of inspiration that continues to burn within us. His discussions on pressing issues such as the aguna crisis and the LGBTQ community were not just informative but deeply transformative
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admin | March 21, 2024
(New York Jewish Week) Walking tall across the black stage of the East Villages Theater for the New City, Kalamandalam John makes a regal Pharaoh, with the bearing of a dancer.
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admin | March 21, 2024
By Paul E. Brody, MD The 13th of Adar, erev Purim, marks the 20th yahrzeit of our dear Rabbi Dr.
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admin | March 21, 2024
Towards the end of the Story of Purim, the Persian king Achashverosh overturned his awful decree against the Jews, sending out messages throughout his kingdom to announce that the Jews had permission to fight back against their enemies. As the Bible reports, and he sent scrolls in the hands of the runners withsusim, the riders of therechesh, theachashtranim, sons of theremachim (Est
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admin | March 21, 2024
Dr. Joseph Bruners famous photo which depicts an in-utero fetus squeezing his hand while he operates was publicized worldwide in 1999
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admin | March 21, 2024
Agent 007, aka James Bond, may soon be changing his number to 018 believed to represent life and luck in Judaism as British Jewish actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson has reportedly been offered the role of the iconic superspy. According to the UK newspaper The Sun, Taylor-Johnson, best known for his role in the Kick-Ass franchise, has been given the chance to take over from Daniel Craig, who currently plays MI6s most famous fictional agent
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