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No Snow? No Problem: With only one major ice rink and a mountain that would never be confused with the Alps, Israel is sending a small delegation of athletes to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. More


Polish City Displays Two Faces

By Donald Snyder

Instructors at a ground-breaking college teach Poles Jewish subjects, while two miles away a popular radio station’s broadcasts demonize gays and Jews. In this letter from Poland, Donald Snyder explores this cultural rift.Read More


Afropoptastic

By Mordechai Shinefield

Twenty-five years after Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” American Jewish artists still draw heavily on African popular music. Ezra Koenig (left) and his band Vampire Weekend exemplify the indie Afropop sound.Read More


The Jewish Elvis, Anthropologist

By Dan Friedman

Melville Herskovits wanted to link African-American culture to Africa. A documentary centered on his quest aired recently on the PBS series “Independent Lens” hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal.Read More


Evangelist for Silence Promotes Quiet Gift

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

A disadvantaged Brooklyn school observes a morning ritual conceived by a Hasidic Jew heeding the Lubavitcher’s Rebbe’s call for a moment of silence in public schools.Read More


‘No Alternative to Day Schools’: An Exchange

Scholars and educational experts respond to Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s recent essay “There Is No Alternative to Day Schools” — and Greenberg replies to his article’s critics.Read More


Love Is In the Air

With Valentines Day — the nondenominational day of love — around the corner, we asked Jewish celebrities, authors, and Forward editors to share wisdom from their first year of marriage.Read More


Black (Jewish) History Month In Film

By Dan Friedman

The black adoptive daughter of white Jewish lesbians in Brooklyn is the subject of Nicole Opper’s new documentary, “Off and Running.”Read More




Editorial

Resist Segregation

The need to restrain the burgeoning power of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel grows ever more urgent. The latest flashpoint is public transportation.Read More



 

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