Shavuot Redux: Getting Lucky with Daft Punk
Daft Punk is the gift that keeps on giving. They came of age in the late 1990s heyday of house/electronic music with “Around the World,”...
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Discover the Inspiring True Story of Britain's Schindler in "Nicky's Family"
In these troubled times, we need examples of heroism and charity more than ever. Ordinary British stockbroker Nicholas Winton's selfless rescue of 669 mostly Jewish...
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Jew or Not Jew - Does It Matter?
I was on the phone with my dad last week, just catching up on life, and I mentioned a bit Jon Stewart had done that...
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Four Questions with Elliot Grainge, Take Boston Nightlife Promoter
Music is the family business for Northeastern University student Elliot Grainge—his dad is Universal Music Group Chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge—so it makes sense that...
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Four Questions with Caren Zane Fishman, Mosaics Artist
When I viewed Caren Zane Fishman’s colorful mosaics at a gallery show, the first thought I had was that they’d make fantastic gifts. With wedding...
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Hava Nagila (The Movie) Opens at the Coolidge
Hava Nagila (The Movie), the closing night film of the 2012 Boston Jewish Film Festival, opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Friday, April 26 for...
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Habima April 21, 2013
Dear Friends & Colleagues: In continuation of the holiday celebrations in Boston, we would like to share with you our upcoming cultural initiatives at HaKesher,...
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APRIL 10-21 Jewishfilm.2013 The National Center for Jewish Film's 16th Annual Film Festival
JEWISHFILM.2013 The National Center for Jewish Film’s 16th Annual Film Festival April 10-21 Tickets, trailers, full program: WWW.JEWISHFILM.ORG Venues: Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary...
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Ami & Tami: A Boston Haifa Connection
Most Americans have heard of Hansel and Gretel, the kids who find themselves in a gingerbread house with a witch and an elusive breadcrumb trail....
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"Letting It Go" by Miriam Katin - A Review
Second-time graphic novelist Miriam Katin’s "Letting It Go" is a dazzlingly drawn yet disappointing autobiographical novel about reconciling a modern Germany and the Holocaust, or,...
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