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The Jewish Daily Forward From a Sephardic family band in Bosnia to National Heritage Fellow, Flory Jagoda is a Ladino Legend.
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In her light, lilting accent, Flory Jagoda is happy to tell the story of her life, with one caveat: although she did live through it, hers is not a tale of the Holocaust. “This one is an accordion story,” she laughed. “We have so many Holocaust stories.”
The Jewish Daily Forward Listen to the latest Nigun Project, featuring Forward artist-in-residence Jeremiah Lockwood and Malian singer Khaira Arby:
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I met Khaira Arby and her band, back in January of this year, at a rooftop party in Timbuktu, Mali where my band, The Sway Machinery, was en route to perform at the legendary Festival of the Desert.
The Jewish Daily Forward Memphis Jews who love BBQ.
“Kosher” and “barbecue” are two words that don’t normally fit together in one sentence, but the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Memphis has found a way to make it work by focusing on beef and beans.
The Jewish Daily Forward Israelis and Palestinians resumed direct talks today. Is this the last chance for a two-state solution?
Officials from all sides are striving to keep expectations low for the new direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a reflection of the disillusioned mood the parties bring to the table. But the instinct to minimize the significance of the upcoming talks masks what some see as a dram...
The Jewish Daily Forward Last week a judge halted federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, and Jewish groups are protesting.
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Progress of Science: Moshe Tendler, an Orthodox rabbi and a bioethics expert at Yeshiva University, said he thought the stem cell ruling was ‘an immoral decision’ from a Jewish perspective.
The Jewish Daily Forward The Arty Semite plumbs the depths of Dylanology
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Last week, Columbia Records announced that it will be releasing the ninth volume of Bob Dylan’s long-running Bootleg Series on October 19. Titled “The Witmark Demos, 1962 – 1964,” the new collection will consist of 47 demo recordings Dylan made for his music publisher, the eponymous M. Witmark & Son...
The Jewish Daily Forward 's web team is looking for an intern who has strong interest in digital journalism and is a crackerjack on Final Cut Pro. Interested? Contact Gabi Birkner at birkner@forward.com. Thanks.
The Jewish Daily Forward welcomes The Jew & The Carrot (a food blog) to the Forward family:
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The Jewish Daily Forward New Yid Lit with Jennifer Gilmore, author of the novel "Something Red." She shares the worst thing a Jewish girl can do.
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Jennifer Gilmore’s fiction centers on an inevitability — that everything from the food we eat to our friends and politics is affected by the ideas first formed in our childhood homes.
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The Jewish Daily Forward What advice would you give to newlyweds?
From a Single Gal (and Her Parents), Advice to Just-Married Friends – Sisterhood Blog – The Jewish D
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I’ve been summoned to give wedding advice. Well, I along with 156 other wedding guests. Two of my friends are marrying each other in Upstate New York. And while they’ve known each other since their Hebrew School days they’ve only begun dating as adults. It’s all very sweet and loving and good.
The Jewish Daily Forward With September 11 coming days before the New York State primaries and coinciding with both the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr and the Jewish High Holy Days, what is in store for Lower Manhattan?
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Fateful Day: This year’s commemoration of the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists who claimed to act in the name of Islam will take place as protesters rally against and in support of a planned Islamic cultural center nearby in Lower Manhattan. At the same time, Muslims and Jews will...
The Jewish Daily Forward Alan Gross, an American Jew and USAID contractor, has sat in a Cuban prison for nearly nine months.
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Alan Gross, an American Jew and USAID contractor, has sat in a Cuban prison for nearly nine months. Jews, whose history is bound together by stories of exile and return, captivity and freedom, long for his release. Cubans, who have been weary bystanders for decades in the games of brinkmanship betwe...
The Jewish Daily Forward In case you missed our event featuring Alicia Svigals, Alicia Ostriker and Alicia Jo Rabins, check out this video:
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Video from the event 3 Alicias 3: Jewish Art for the New Millennium presented by the Forward and the Sixth Street Synagogue on August 24, 2010.
