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Drake wearing an oversized leather, shearling-lined coat on a balcony overlooking a busy city street
Posted inCelebrity Jews

No Eurovision win for Israel; Drake upstaged by toddler; Dylan turns 80; Judge Judy retires; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Tevye and Golde sing "Do You Love Me?" in "Fiddler on the Roof."
Posted inColumns

Three life lessons from sheltering in place

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz May 25, 2021
A view through Red Window's titular red window. (Photo/Mark Fiorito-Gamma Nine Photography)
Posted inUncategorized

For this chef, when a door closed, a Red Window opened

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 24, 2021May 26, 2021
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

The Torah has a lot to say about privilege

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 21, 2021May 20, 2021
Jossel in an apron smiling in the kitchen
Posted inSmall Bites

Dianne Jacob’s ‘Will Write for Food’ gets 4th edition; Nopa turns 15; Sabra still alive

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 19, 2021May 26, 2021
Allen Podell, husband of the author, sorts through old furniture.
Posted inAct Two

Purging a lifetime of ‘stuff’ that nobody wants — except me

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
"The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness, guided by God in the form of a pillar of smoke" by J.J. Derghi, 1866
Posted inTorah

Cultural conformity on the road to Canaan

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
From the cover of "Antiquities" by Cynthia Ozick.
Posted inBooks

Dwell in the past with 2 new books, including Cynthia Ozick’s latest

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 12, 2021June 9, 2021
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
Posted inColumns

Month of Sivan: This summer, let truth be your shield

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 12, 2021
Jessie Mei Li stars in Netflix's "Shadow and Bone," based on a book series by Israeli-American writer Leigh Bardugo.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Shadow and Bone’ is Jewish; Rogen is done with Franco; Ethiopian Jew is going to Eurovision; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

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