Emily Jaeger
By Emily Jaeger
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Culture 7 surprising facts about Jewish weddings, courtesy of a new exhibit
The inaugural exhibit at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s new library challenges assumptions about the way Jewish weddings have “always” been done
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Theater The incredible life of Alla Nazimova, Jewish superstar of the 1920s, is the focus of a new one-woman play
In “The Garden of Alla,” Romy Nordlinger tells the fascinating and nearly forgotten story of an actor, director, writer and queer icon.
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Fast Forward In Manhattan, 24 women artists celebrate 24 women rabbis who blazed a trail
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The glass ceiling of rabbinical ordination was broken at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnatti in 1972 when Rabbi Sally J. Priesand became America’s first female rabbi. Fifty years later, HUC’s New York City branch is celebrating the milestone with an exhibit at its Dr. Bernard…
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