Ariel Zilber
By Ariel Zilber
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News BACK IN BUSINESS
Following a tumultuous period in its illustrious history, the Judah L. Magnes Museum — which boasts of the third-largest Judaica collection in the United States — is celebrating its 40th anniversary and marking its reopening as an independent entity with “Brought to Light — The Storied Collections of the Judah L. Magnes Museum.” This is…
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News Scientist’s ‘Theory of Everything’ Could Realize Einstein’s Dream
Many observers have anointed scientist Brian Greene the intellectual heir to the late Carl Sagan, the famed author, astronomer and television host credited with popularizing science to a mass audience through his 1980 public television series, Cosmos. “It’s very flattering,” Greene said of the comparison. “Carl Sagan was a hero of mine growing up. But…
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News Out of Formation: A Comedy
Dusk crept into a midtown Manhattan diner earlier this month as Jennifer Jiles presented a reporter with an impromptu performance of the opening act of her one-woman comedy, “Kicking & Screaming,” culled from the four years she spent as a Rockette. During her show, being performed October 29 and throughout November at the Workshop Theater…
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News Double Bassist David Chevan Jazzes Up the Days of Awe
As a young boy growing up in Amherst, Mass., David Chevan was influenced by two towering figures in his life, both new immigrants from Eastern Europe with little in common except their Jewishness and the way in which they expressed it. “I had two grandfathers,” Chevan told the Forward. “One was a devoutly religious Orthodox…
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