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Love Songs for Tu B'Av, the Jewish Celebration of Romance
Today is Tu B'Av, an obscure Jewish holiday associated with love and romance. It's become popular in recent years to mark this day by holding...
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Thoughts on The Brandeis Collegiate Institute, the Arts and Jewish Self-Reflection
Recently I spent a little over three weeks as the creative writing artist-in-residence at the Brandeis Collegiate Institute in Brandeis, California. This was my first...
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When Harry Met Sally: 21 Years Later
It was twenty-one years ago on July 12th, 1989 that audiences were introduced to characters Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal), who...
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Life Lessons from your Red Hot Yiddishe Mama
Last Friday, JWA's Leah and Gwen went to the New Repertory Theatre production of Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas. Gwen was...
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FREE MUSIC from the Boston Jewish Music Festival
Thanks to our friends at JDub Records in NYC and Anova Records in Tel Aviv, the Boston Jewish Music Festival is offering Jewish Boston...
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Deconstructing the "Sassy Gay Friend"
David Levy, writing for JewishBoston.com, recently challenged us at JWA to comment on the gender/sexuality dynamic of the Second City's new video series, "Sassy Gay...
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What if Eve had a sassy gay friend in the Garden of Eden?
There's a long tradition in Judaism of imagining different versions of our favorite stories, from rabbinic midrash to contemporary novels. Comedy troupe The Second City...
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A Red, Hot, Yiddishe Mama
Brassy, bountiful, and blessed with talent, Sophie Tucker dreamed of a life "beyond the cook stove and the kitchen sink." Mary Callanan's portrayal of...
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Terezin Music Foundation Annual Gala Concert presents Legendary Pianist Leon Fleisher at Symphony Hall!
Sunday, September 26 at 3pm, piano legend Leon Fleisher performs on the stage of Symphony Hall, Boston, as the featured artist in the Terezin Music...
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Catching up with Hilary Price, author of "Rhymes With Orange"
Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with Hilary Price about the upcoming 15th anniversary of the national syndication of her popular comic strip, Rhymes...
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