By Naomi Zeveloff
SCHOOL SOLUTIONS: Affordability is a major problem for Jewish day schools. The Hyman Brand school in Overland Park, Kan., took a radical step: It slashed tuition in half.
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By Molly Yeh
Molly Yeh shares her family’s recipe for Chinese soup dumplings, which are a great way to avoid take-out, but still enjoy Chinese food on Christmas.
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By Paul Berger
Hasidic parents named their daughters Chaya Mushka after the death of the Lubavitcher rebbe’s wife in 1988. They filled classrooms and now are starting families of their own.
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By Naomi Zeveloff
There were chuppahs, wedding cakes, wigs, rings and more. But even after going to My Big Fat Jewish Wedding Expo, you’ll still have to find a husband.
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Melissa Shiff’s spinning mandalas are created from Jewish images taken from museum collections. She talks to the Forward’s arts and culture editor, Dan Friedman, about how she chooses the images, how she makes the mandalas and what, exactly, mandalas are.Read More
By Jon Kesselman
With rumors of anti-Semitic rhetoric at Zuccotti Park flying around the blogosphere, roving reporter Jon Kesselman headed up to Occupy Wall Street to find out the truth. During the final hours of its pre-eviction heyday he was able to ask the Occupiers themselves what they thought.Read More
By Gianna Palmer
The Eldridge Street Synagogue held a reenactment of its founding 125 years ago. There was klezmer music, Yiddish acting and a celebration of its role in Jewish life.
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By Dan Friedman
During the opening festivities, the executive Director of the Other Israel Film Festival, Yitzi Zablocki, discussed this year’s festival with Forward arts and culture editor, Dan Friedman.Read More
By Dan Friedman
Umberto Eco is one of the few medieval historians who has made any impact on the public imagination. He talks about his latest novel, ‘The Prague Cemetery.’
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By Eli Valley
Forward Artist in Residence Eli Valley creates a horrifying Halloween comic strip. The ghoulish graphic and visceral video challenge some notions about Israeli policy.
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