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Schmutz Sandwich Anyone?

By Susan Comninos

If you like gross-out humor, you’ll love “Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish,” a new compilation of essays, derived from Heeb magazine’s live storytelling series.Read More

The Doctor Who Had the Chutzpah To Write Music

By Hinda Mandell

Retired radiologist Albert Hurwit knows a thing or two about success. The Hartford, Conn., resident — and grandfather of eight — has a pedigree fine enough to make any mother kvell.Read More

Nine Faiths, One Vegan Lunch at Windsor Castle

By Leah Koenig

On Tuesday November 3, His Royal Highness Prince Philip will host over 200 guests for lunch at Windsor Castle, the 900-year-old palace that serves as an official residence of his and Queen Elizabeth’s. But this lunch will be noticeably different from the roasted quail and crème fraîche typical to castle meals. Instead, the menu is entirely vegan and centered on seasonal, regionally sourced ingredients.Read More

High School Reunion

Comedienne Susie Essman, who plays the foul-mouthed Susie Greene on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” spoke recently with Forward editor Jane Eisner — her high school classmate! — about love, life and the advances in hair products over the past four decades.Read More

Creating an Arab-Israeli Dialogue, One Note at a Time

By Rena Potok

On a rain-drenched afternoon in Philadelphia, I entered a small underground room at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to observe a rehearsal of “Resonances” — a new composition commissioned by Intercultural Journeys, an Arab/Jewish ensemble that utilizes the arts as a vehicle to produce dialogue between the Israeli and Arab peoples. In rehearsal were Syrian composer Kareem Roustom, Arab-Israeli violinist Hanna Khoury and Israeli-Jewish cellist Udi Bar-David.Read More

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