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Throughout research for her book, Friedman learned about how movement improved women’s physical and mental health and well-being and contributed to their confidence, independence, self-worth, happiness, and ability to be active participants in their own lives even as they grew older. (Photo/Courtesy Jazzercise)
Posted inCulture

How Jewish women pioneered the fitness movement

by Stav Ziv and Forward March 18, 2022
View of Market Square in Lviv, Ukraine
Posted inCulture

Jewish writers from former Soviet Union watch war with fear and recognition

by The Forward and Forward March 17, 2022
Irish author John Boyne's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" has been heavily criticized by Holocaust historians and educators in the years since its release. (Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’ Holocaust novel decried for inaccuracies, is getting a sequel

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 16, 2022
From the cover of “The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America” by Javier Sinay
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘The Murders of Moisés Ville:’ A Jewish disaster in 19th-century Argentina

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 14, 2022July 20, 2022
Rebecca Schuchat is the artist behind our new comic strip, "Where's My Timbrel?"
Posted inCulture

‘Where’s My Timbrel?’ Our new comic strip draws on artist’s Bay Area Jewish life

by Emma Goss March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
From the cover of "Many to Remember" by Rachel Kaufman
Posted inOff the Shelf

Jewish verses from the pandemic poetry surge

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 11, 2022July 20, 2022
A car passes by a Costco store in Seattle. (Photo/JTA-Toby Scott-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Costco promotes controversial Anne Frank book, even as Dutch publisher halts distribution

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
Art Spiegelman, author of "Maus," poses in Paris, March 20, 2012. (Photo/JTA-Bertrand Langlois-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

The great ‘Maus’ giveaway is on as comic shops, professors and churches counter Tennessee school board’s ban

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" on sale at a French bookstore in 2017. (Photo/JTA-ActuaLitté-Flickr Commons)
Posted inUncategorized

You can’t just swap out ‘Maus’ for another Holocaust book. It’s special.

Jennifer Caplan by Jennifer Caplan and JTA February 1, 2022
Jennieke Cohen is the author of the new historical novel “My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement.”
Posted inBooks

Author Jennieke Cohen draws on her Filipina-Jewish heritage in new take on ‘My Fair Lady’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

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