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Spotlight: Farmington teen defends his heritage…on video
By Eli Freund ~ Imagine being 17 years old and hearing whispers of anti-Semitism. Think of the terror of seeing high school students hailing Hitler in the hallway, contrasting Jews… Read more
Concert casts a spotlight on Yiddish
The rich heritage of Yiddish music will be on stage at the annual Cantor’s Concert of Temple Sholom in Greenwich on Sunday, June 10 at 2 p.m. Led by Temple… Read more
Yiddish Book Center to present “Yidstock”, July 11-15
AMHERST, Mass. – This July the Yiddish Book Center will bring the top names in klezmer to the stage for “Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music.” The lineup includes Socalled,… Read more
Film: “Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story”
By Maxine Dovere / JointMedia News Service ~ NEW YORK, N.Y. — Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu was the 30-year-old commander of the elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commando unit Sayeret Matkal,… Read more
FILM: The Flat, A journey across time and place
By Maxine Dovere / JointMedia News Service ~ The premise of “HaDira” (Hebrew for “The Flat”) appears simple: an elderly grandmother has died and her apartment must be emptied of… Read more
Comedian Marion Grodin to headline in Trumbull
FAIRFIELD – Comedian Marion Grodin will be guest performer at the Jewish Home for the Elderly’s 44th Annual Spring Luncheon and Boutique, to be held on Monday, May 7, at… Read more
Film aims to shift narrative about Israel
By Arieh O’Sullivan / The Media Line ~ A new Israeli documentary that is expected to be screened across the U.S. in April has an ambitious goal: Change the way… Read more
Video: The Bystanders, by Farmington teen, explores antisemitism
Adam Dimanshtyn, a teen from Farmington, produced this remarkable short film exploring antisemitism, the suffering it has caused and continues to inflict, and the power of each individual to combat… Read more
Former Yale student mounts photo exhibition in NY
By Howard Blas ~ A religious woman with two wigs, a shriveled etrog in an etrog holder and an unhappy expecting couple sitting on a futon are but three of… Read more
