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The scene at Jewish Currents’ recent relaunch party in Brooklyn. The quarterly magazine is trying to bring together young Jews disillusioned by the mainstream community’s stance on Israel. Rafael Shimunov/Courtesy of Jewish Currents.
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The trip is Jewish Identity 101, and that’s a good thing.
Rapt by Judaism: The author in the Old City of Jerusalem on his Birthright trip. Photos courtesy of Alexander Zeldin
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Hydrox is claiming that Oreos employees block the cookie competitor when they stock the supermarket shelves. JTA
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The Jewish writer and the Jewish actor-director promote their new hedge fund, "Lake Success Capital."
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“BlacKkKlansman” tells the story of two cops infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in 1972. (Screenshot from YouTube)
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Alexandra Silber as Guinivere in a performance of "Camelot" as part of the Shakespeare Theater Company. Courtesy of Scott Suchman
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Brooklyn-based company Fctry is selling a Ruth Bader Ginsburg action figure. (Fctry via Kickstarter)
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A no-frills hummusiya opens in Greenwich Village
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New study finds dangers in anti-Zionist activity; Stanford’s response to threatening Facebook post criticized.
Stanford University. Wikimedia Commons
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Sarah Jeong’s anti-white tweets prompted a debate over the definition of racism and, subsequently, anti-Semitism. (Illustration by Charles Dunst/JTA; photo: Wikimedia Commons)
TODAY & TOMORROW
 Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 1:30pm
(Aug. 18, 20 & 22) — A play by Rosemary Zibert about the myths of childhood and Israeli nationalism. Following her father's death, Nina flies back to Israel from America to sit shiva, and lands in the hot seat.
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 Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm
Join other 20s & 30s in Westchester for an exclusive kosher BBQ, pool party and Havdalah service at at a private home. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah's Cantor Steve Zeidenberg will lead the service.
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 Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 6:00pm
Eclectic bassist Ari Folman-Cohen (Yiddish Princess) creates a solo bass experience that mixes improvisation and compositions, creating trance-inducing dreamy soundscapes. Click for video.
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 Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 8:30pm
Totally improvised, anything-can-happen comedy with helpful and oftentimes ridiculous Tinder tips, tricks, real-time swiping and messaging with guests Josh Gondelman, Jamilah Lemieux and Heben Nigatu.
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 Sunday, August 19, 2018 (All day)
(Feb. 25-Aug. 19) — More than 200 photographs developed from Ross’s negatives, which were covertly made between 1940 and 1944, supplemented by artifacts and testimony about the Lodz Ghetto.
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 Sunday, August 19, 2018 - 11:00am to 4:00pm
Join the Jews of Color caucus of JFREJ to lounge in the sun and recharge. Bring your favorite beach snacks and games and hang out with new and familiar faces. (Family and close friends of JOCs welcome!)
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 Sunday, August 19, 2018 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Canvass voters, targeting seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, home care workers and others, and attend a talk with Cynthia Nixon, candidate for governor of New York.
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 Sunday, August 19, 2018 - 3:00pm
(Aug. 5, 12 & 19) — A workshop production of a solo work of theater with drama with comedy, not to mention a bit of song and dance, and a look at how humans view and practice religion in the modern age.
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 Sunday, August 19, 2018 - 8:00pm
A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, Dobro, mandolin), and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. Click for video.
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Happening Now
 08/18/2018 - 1:30pm
(Aug. 18, 20 & 22) — A play by Rosemary Zibert about the myths of childhood and Israeli nationalism. Following her father's death, Nina flies back to Israel from America to sit shiva, and lands in the hot seat.
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 08/18/2018 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm
Join other 20s & 30s in Westchester for an exclusive kosher BBQ, pool party and Havdalah service at at a private home. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah's Cantor Steve Zeidenberg will lead the service.
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 08/18/2018 - 6:00pm
Eclectic bassist Ari Folman-Cohen (Yiddish Princess) creates a solo bass experience that mixes improvisation and compositions, creating trance-inducing dreamy soundscapes. Click for video.
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 08/18/2018 - 8:30pm
Totally improvised, anything-can-happen comedy with helpful and oftentimes ridiculous Tinder tips, tricks, real-time swiping and messaging with guests Josh Gondelman, Jamilah Lemieux and Heben Nigatu.
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 08/19/2018 (All day)
(Feb. 25-Aug. 19) — More than 200 photographs developed from Ross’s negatives, which were covertly made between 1940 and 1944, supplemented by artifacts and testimony about the Lodz Ghetto.
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Blueprint Calendars
MORE HAPPENING TODAY
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"Hello Dolly!"08/18/2018 (All day) Theater & Dance |
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"BlacKkKlansman"08/18/2018 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Memoir of War"08/18/2018 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Cracked"08/18/2018 - 1:30pm Theater & Dance |
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Kosher BBQ Pool Party Havdalah08/18/2018 - 2:00pm Oy Gay!, Shabbat & Holidays |
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"93Queen"08/18/2018 - 4:00pm Film & Television |
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Ari Folman-Cohen08/18/2018 - 6:00pm Music |
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Tinder Live! with Lane Moore08/18/2018 - 8:30pm Comedy |
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New Dimensions in Testimony℠08/19/2018 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
