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“There have been periods in my life where my Jewishness has felt neutral or even a form of self-loathing,” an actress in the play told JNS. “That’s worthy of exploration.”
The songwriter, who goes by Five for Fighting, isn’t Jewish, but he created the song “OK” in solidarity with Israel.
Social media users call for boycott of the drama, displaying fundamental misunderstandings about history.
Thom Yorke immediately stopped the band’s performance to respond, “Don’t stand there like a coward.”
“They asked me to put it down, and I refused,” said Aviv Geffen.
“Just as wood goes through the fire, when a nation goes through flames it can come out stronger on the other side,” the artist Jonathan York told JNS.
After completion, Zamir will provide Lazar Fellows with a certificate and assist them in finding positions.
In a new documentary on the life of Christopher Reeve, Dr. Steven Kirshblum talks tells JNS that the actor surprised him once by showing up at his shul.
The documentary includes 15 survivors of the massacre at the Supernova music festival.
Kravitz, self-identifying as “half-Jewish, half-black,” is a descendant of Ukrainian Jews and was raised in New York.
Helen Lowe and Francoise Parlagi received “Bord de Mer,” a 7x11-inch pastel by Claude Monet dated approximately 1865.
Hundreds appear to have left an iconic Jewish city that at-risk residents say must not be evacuated.
