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The Day Begins with "Evening": A Conversation with Nessa Rapoport
NESSA RAPOPORT”S NEW NOVEL, Evening, has been hailed as ‘smart, darkly funny” by Publishers Weekly, and Lilith called the novel both “deeply Jewish and (wait for it) deeply Canadian,” adding that “[t]here’s very little feminist fiction worthy of this claim.” Evening is all that, as well as being a beautifully written, masterfully crafted exploration of […]
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Nick Cannon Could Teach a Masterclass in Bouncing Back from a Scandal
Here are nine lessons from the TV host’s redemption tour, which included a visit to an L.A. Jewish centerWatching the near collapse and resurrection of actor, rapper, and TV host Nick Cannon’s career in real time has been a masterclass in reputation rehab. After Cannon was heard spouting anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan talking points on his […]
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The Broad Museum Reopens
Eli Broad, the Los Angeles real estate magnate turned philanthropist, civic leader, and art collector, died April 30, 2021. His legacy is most evident on Grand Street in downtown Los Angeles, home to the Frank Gehry masterpiece Walt Disney Hall, as well as his namesake museum, The Broad Museum, repository of his art foundation’s collection […]
Adventures Among the Orthodox
“NOTHING JEWISH is alien to me,” philosopher Franz Rosenzweig said in the early 20th century. Rosenzweig hoped this phrase would launch a Jewish renaissance; however, the multiplicity of Jewish observance and experience has mostly led to mutual disdain among the varietals. As each branch of Judaism has set itself apart from the others, barriers to […]
Maggie Rose Earns A Seat At The Table
The Music Business is filled with the stories of artists who knocked around for years before finding the right sound, releasing the right album, giving the right performance that made their career. If you can believe their accounts, Bruce Springsteen was a total failure until the day he was a success. More recently, Nathaniel Rateliff […]
Another Tel Aviv: "Asylum City" Streaming on ChaiFlicks
Asylum City is a gripping 2018-2019 Israeli one-hour drama series in Hebrew with English subtitles that debuted this week on ChaiFlicks, the streaming service devoted to Jewish interest content (available online or for viewing on the ChaiFlicks app on your favorite streaming platform).At its center is a murder mystery set in Tel Aviv. However, what […]
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