Real Jews Don’t Play Dreidel
Real Jews don’t play dreidel. It is a boring, shallow game, needing no skill whatsoever, useless except as a visual symbol for the holiday. It is a game for Jews who don’t know better, a game for...
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Friday, May 1st, 2009 Forget the Kentucky Derby. If you’re young and in love, or are romantically inclined, check out Ketubah, a filly running in the sixth race at Belmont. If after that race you’re...
View ArticleOur Town: YIVO’s Jewish Europe
Jonathan Mark Associate Editor New multimedia encyclopedia embraces a golden age.Emanuel Ringelblum knew Jewish Eastern Europe the way the Stage Manager in “Our Town” knew Grover’s Corners. The Tevye...
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