April 2019
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Broadway Teen Actor Opens Up About His Jewish Heritage and The Role Of A Lifetime
April 2019
- In a Mamdani-era primary, J Street endorses pro-Israel incumbent — and, in a first, ‘approves’ his challengerRep. Dan Goldman, a two-term Democrat facing a tough primary in New York’s 10th District, has been endorsed again by J Street, but in an unusual move, the pro-Israel advocacy group will also “approve” Goldman’s opponent, former City Comptroller Brad Lander, who has made Goldman’s stance on Israel and ties to AIPAC central to his... […]
- A hypnotic new album inspired by a unique Yiddish recordingFolklore scholar Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett doesn’t remember interviewing and recording the Yiddish folksinger Rose Cohen in 1968 in Toronto. But this recording may turn out to be one of the most significant ones that made it into the storied archives at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. In it, Cohen sings ten songs from her childhood... […]