An Orthodox Jewish music festival will take place in Bethel, New York in August — at the very same location where the iconic Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place in August of 1969. Called Yamim Ba’im, or “The Coming Days,” the four-act, family-friendly outdoor concert will occur at the Bethel Woods Center for the […]
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World-famous mime Marcel Marceau entertained global audiences on stage and screen for more than 60 years. But a lesser-known fact about Marceau, who was Jewish, is that he rescued more than 70 Jewish children during the Holocaust as a member of the French resistance. And now, a new play that focuses on this remarkable chapter […]
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Kelly Chervin’s book club doesn’t usually discuss what it means to be Jewish. But over a candlelit dinner last week in the basement of Balaboosta, an Israeli restaurant in the West Village, a dozen Lit Club attendees explored themes of Jewish identity, memory, diaspora and history. The conversation was wide-ranging and highly personal, even though […]
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In a surprising twist, plans for the tallest skyscraper in the United States are underway, and it won’t be in New York City, home to the current tallest buildings in the country. The city that will claim this title is none other than Oklahoma City, as reported by the New York Post. The ambitious project […]
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