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Ramy Youssef attends the Hulu "Ramy" FYC event. Getty Images via JTA
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John Goodman, right, plays Walter Sobchak in the Coen brothers’ classic film “The Big Lebowski” opposite Jeff Bridges in the title role. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images/via JTA)
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, shown here in her official Supreme Court portrait, beat out Serena Williams and others to claim real-life hero honors from MTV. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
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Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss documented their second wedding party on Instagram. (Derek Blasberg/Instagram/via JTA)
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“Shtisel” cast members Neta Riskin, left, Doval’e Glickman and Michael Aloni, and the show’s producer, Dikla Barkai last week at Temple Emanu-El. Rich Waloff/JW
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Democratic presidential hopefuls South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have both staked out critical positions on Israel. Getty Images
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Neshama Carlebach at the Union for Reform Judaism's biennial in San Diego, Dec. 14, 2013. (URJ via JTA)
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Ryan Braun now has 332 career home runs. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images via JTA)
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The way you wear your hat: Lea Kalisch in “In Love with a Dream.” Photos by George Xenos
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David Serero plays Romeo and Ashley Brooke Miller plays Juliet in a Jewish adaptation of the classic tragedy. (Josefin Dolsten via JTA)
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Pete Buttigieg hosts a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 16, 2019. (Scott Olson/Getty Images via JTA)
TODAY & TOMORROW
 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 2:00pm
(Jun. 23 & 26) — This 1936 Polish-made documentary offers a window into a little Jewish socialist paradise: a rural tuberculosis sanatorium run democratically by the young patients themselves.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 6:45pm to 10:00pm
Get your Ortho-queer Comedy on! Seven hilarious comics will come together at 8pm to celebrate Jewish LGBT Pride, the Eshel way. At the VIP reception at 6:45pm, meet the comics, nosh and support Eshel.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:00pm
Rubi Gat’s documentary film about Fredy Hirsch, an openly gay German Jew who was deported to the Terezín Ghetto and then Auschwitz, will be followed by a discussion with Michael Simonson. Click for trailer.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:00pm
(Jun. 20-26) —The singer-songwriter-pianist revisits all the songs she has written, including some that haven't been played since her days of playing bars, cafés and open mics. Plus special guests. Click for video.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us up on the roof for a social evening of yoga with instructor Seth Lieberman. Following the one-hour class, enjoy kombucha and snacks while taking in the beautiful views of the city from the JCC Roof Terrace.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
In the novel's seemingly idyllic town, the Blumenthals are preparing to host their daughter's wedding to her college girlfriend. But new chasidic neighbors are forcing them to confront uncomfortable truths.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Join us for an evening of food, drinks and mingling on The Empire Rooftop with other Young Jewish Professionals. Ticket includes a one-hour open bar (7pm-8pm) and light bites.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
This speed dating event is for Jewish single professionals in their 20s & 30s. We expect around 10 men and 10 women to participate, and each date will be 5 minutes. You will get your match results the next day!
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 8:00pm
(Jun. 25 & 26) — A new commission years in the making, "Dead Sea" is Ettun's largest-scale production to date. It is grounded in her service as one of four females in an Israel Defense Forces parachute unit.
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 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 10:00pm
The Israeli jazzman's music is fused with 90s attitude, the Middle-Eastern sounds of his youth, the grime and aesthetics of Brooklyn, nostalgic romance and political commentary about his homeland. Click for video.
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 Thursday, June 27, 2019 (All day)
(Tonight at 7:30 and 9:00) — The guitarist "improvises in a cutting tone and writes heady original tunes that seem to tug the straight-ahead jazz tradition in new directions." — The New York Times. Click for video.
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 Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm Inside a historic synagogue, the book's author will show photos of the original station, and talk about the preservation movement (including the aim to save historic synagogues) that emerged from its destruction.
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 Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm A seated cocktail party devoted to dialogue across difference regarding what we can learn from the tensions surrounding media coverage of Israel about the information/"fake news" blizzard we're all living in now.
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 Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Himsel's memoir chronicles her seemingly impossible road from childhood Christian doomsday cult to a Jewish life on the UWS with warmth, humor and a multitude of religious and philosophical insights.
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 Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 8:00pm
Exerpts from Julia Adolphe (composer) & Stephanie Fleischmann's (libretto) comic opera-in-progress for all ages, based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer. Followed by Q&A.
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Ryan Braun Breaks Hank Greenberg’s Record For Most Home Runs By A Jewish Player |
‘I Like To Clash Different Worlds’ |
It’s Ashkenazi Vs. Sephardi Jews In This Take On ‘Romeo and Juliet’ |
Happening Now
 06/26/2019 - 2:00pm
(Jun. 23 & 26) — This 1936 Polish-made documentary offers a window into a little Jewish socialist paradise: a rural tuberculosis sanatorium run democratically by the young patients themselves.
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 06/26/2019 - 6:45pm to 10:00pm
Get your Ortho-queer Comedy on! Seven hilarious comics will come together at 8pm to celebrate Jewish LGBT Pride, the Eshel way. At the VIP reception at 6:45pm, meet the comics, nosh and support Eshel.
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 06/26/2019 - 7:00pm
Rubi Gat’s documentary film about Fredy Hirsch, an openly gay German Jew who was deported to the Terezín Ghetto and then Auschwitz, will be followed by a discussion with Michael Simonson. Click for trailer.
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 06/26/2019 - 7:00pm
(Jun. 20-26) —The singer-songwriter-pianist revisits all the songs she has written, including some that haven't been played since her days of playing bars, cafés and open mics. Plus special guests. Click for video.
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 06/26/2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us up on the roof for a social evening of yoga with instructor Seth Lieberman. Following the one-hour class, enjoy kombucha and snacks while taking in the beautiful views of the city from the JCC Roof Terrace.
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Blueprint Calendars
MORE HAPPENING TODAY
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Watershed Moments: Select Works from The Jerusalem Biennale06/26/2019 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"Scattered Breath: The Red Thread"06/26/2019 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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Artworks of Jewish Interest06/26/2019 (All day) Museums & Exhibitions |
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"The Spy Behind Home Plate"06/26/2019 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Holy Lands"06/26/2019 (All day) Film & Television |
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"Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes"06/26/2019 - 12:30pm Music, Film & Television |
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"Mikva the Musical: Music and Monologues from the Deep"06/26/2019 - 1:00pm Theater & Dance |
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"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" — TWO TONY AWARDS06/26/2019 - 2:00pm Theater & Dance |
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“Mir Kumen On” (Children Must Laugh)06/26/2019 - 2:00pm Film & Television |