The New York Times – T Magazine:
The actor, who learned to love music at her local temple, has developed a different relationship to her Judaism onstage.
Category: Jews and Judaism
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The Bakers Reimagining Traditional Jewish Pastries
The New York Times – T Magazine:
By transforming once-kosher recipes with new flavors, shapes and techniques, chefs are innovating on, and safeguarding, time-honored breads and pastries.
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‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Jewish Museum surveys one of the grandest families of the 19th century: a hemisphere-spanning dynasty of merchants, poets, soldiers and socialites (oh, and also drug lords).
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A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons
The New York Times – Music:
“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles.
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Hugh Hudson, Director of ‘Chariots of Fire,’ Dies at 86
The New York Times – Film:
His first film — about two runners, one Christian, one Jewish, who compete at the 1924 Summer Olympics — won four Oscars, including for best picture.
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Solomon Perel, Jew Who Posed as a Hitler Youth to Survive, Dies at 97
The New York Times – Film:
His masquerade — a tale recounted in a memoir and in the film “Europa Europa” — saved his life. But “to this day,” he said, “I have a tangle of two souls in one body.”
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She’s Building a Little Jewish Magazine On Big Ideas
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
After a rebellious youth and years spent on an unpublished novel, Arielle Angel, the editor of Jewish Currents, has carved out a role for herself as someone who questions entrenched ideas.
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Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Alex Edelman, a comedian, recalls his family’s one-night fling with Christmas — undertaken as a mitzvah for a non-Jewish friend.
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Craft Your Own D.I.Y. Hanukkah Menorah
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Creating your own candleholder can be a fun way to teach kids about the holiday — and to spread a bit of festive light.