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Back in the summer of 5755, four Jewish punk rockers in suburban Baltimore gathered together to play music under the name KOSHER. They screamed about Jewish foods—for example, “Farfel! Hamentashen!”—in true punk fashion. They kvetched through song: “I’m a lonesome Jewish cowboy on the range / All the shiksa cowgirls think I’m strange / I […]
Student: “There was no question. I had to go.”
On October 1st, Killah Priest and Jewish rapper Remedy, both members of the Wu Tang-affiliated Killa Beez, performed a concert hosted by the Carnegie Mellon University’s Hillel organization. The concert was aimed at healing the widening rifts between the various ethic and religious communities on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. The event was co-sponsored by a slate […]
A Rumination on Physical and Spiritual Separation
Preconceptions Confront Reality on the Iberian Peninsula
Burton’s “The Corpse Bride” Delights
Thoughts on the Homeland-Diaspora Question
The Jewish Museum Takes On Maurice Sendak