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Jeff Tweedy performing in Byron Bay, Australia, March 24, 2016. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images via JTA)
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Jess Salomon, left, and Eman El-Husseini, are seen at an Upright Citizens Brigade show in New York City. (Jenni Walkowiak)
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TODAY & TOMORROW
 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 (All day)
(Dec. 12-18) — An exhibition and auction of works from the most important Israeli artists, ranging from early-20th-century modernists (inc. Nahum Gutman’s masterpiece "Tiberias Landscape") to the stars of today.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 (All day)
(Dec. 12-19) — An exhibition and auction of important Judaica. There are 227 lots.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 (All day)
(Dec. 6-12) — "One of modern American cinema’s great not-quite-romances" (Slant Magazine). Nathan Silver's most recent film centers on Mona, Nick, and the two actors recruited to play them onstage.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The daughter of a fervently observant and non-supportive Orthodox Jewish family, and the South Bronx-bred daughter of a tough Latina immigrant mother seek a relationship that is forbidden by both their communities.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm A talk with the New York Times best-selling author and winner of the National Jewish Award for Fiction ("The Russian Debutante's Handbook," "Absurdistan" and "Lake Success"), and klezmer music by Tsibele.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 7:30pm Coming together in the face of divisiveness and hate. Featuring the award-winning Ma’ale Adumim Youth Symphony and Ramaz’s Upper School Choir, Chamber Choir and Kol Ram Community Choir.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Singing in Arabic, Hebrew and Ladino to reflect the cultural pluralism of Medieval Iberia, the New York Andalus Ensemble presents spiritual texts and songs of love and everyday life in Al-Andalus.
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 7:45pm to 10:00pm MJE is proud to present:
Charlie Harary speaking on the "Essential Element of Jewish Greatness"
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 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 8:00pm
Stand up from the comedian, actress, author and creator. She appears in the new film "Venom" alongside Tom Hardy, and is known for her Critics' Choice-winning role in the film "Obvious Child."
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 Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 6:30pm This lecture by Prof. Anita Norich will consider the concurrent growth of Gender Studies and Jewish Studies, where and how they intersect or diverge, and developments that are now emerging.
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 Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 8:00pm Songs for soprano and Early Romantic guitar created after — and as a result of — the fall of the Ancien Régime and the tumbling down of ghetto walls that separated Jew from Gentile.
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HOTPICKS
Happening Now
 12/12/2018 (All day)
(Dec. 12-18) — An exhibition and auction of works from the most important Israeli artists, ranging from early-20th-century modernists (inc. Nahum Gutman’s masterpiece "Tiberias Landscape") to the stars of today.
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 12/12/2018 (All day)
(Dec. 12-19) — An exhibition and auction of important Judaica. There are 227 lots.
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 12/12/2018 (All day)
(Dec. 6-12) — "One of modern American cinema’s great not-quite-romances" (Slant Magazine). Nathan Silver's most recent film centers on Mona, Nick, and the two actors recruited to play them onstage.
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 12/12/2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The daughter of a fervently observant and non-supportive Orthodox Jewish family, and the South Bronx-bred daughter of a tough Latina immigrant mother seek a relationship that is forbidden by both their communities.
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 12/12/2018 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm A talk with the New York Times best-selling author and winner of the National Jewish Award for Fiction ("The Russian Debutante's Handbook," "Absurdistan" and "Lake Success"), and klezmer music by Tsibele.
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Blueprint Calendars
MORE HAPPENING TODAY
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"The Waverly Gallery"12/12/2018 (All day) Theater & Dance |
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"Max Weber: Becoming Modern"12/12/2018 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"The World Before Your Feet"12/12/2018 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Kindertransport — Rescuing Children on the Brink of War"12/12/2018 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"Beautiful Boy"12/12/2018 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Israeli & International Art"12/12/2018 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"Important Judaica, including a Distinguished Private Collection"12/12/2018 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"The Great Pretender" — LAST DAY12/12/2018 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Fiddler on the Roof"12/12/2018 - 1:00pm Theater & Dance |
