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Theater His family survived the Holocaust. He survived long COVID. It’s Josh Fox’s ‘survivor’s obligation’ to fight the oil industry
In ‘The Edge of Nature,’ the Oscar nominee uses folk song to warn us about climate change
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Theater ‘What Do I Do With All This Heritage?’ A new play celebrates Asian Jewish America in all its diversity
The salon theater show captures the community's joys and struggles — with songs, prayers, and K-pop
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Theater In the face of authoritarianism, a subversive play forces us to confront our own complicity
Argentinean artist-activist Claudia Bernardi is the subject of Catherine Filloux's 'How To Eat an Orange'
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Culture A new dark comedy asks a serious question: Was Bulgaria’s King Boris III a friend or a foe of the Jews?
'The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria,' has its North American premiere at 59E59 Theaters through June 2.
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Theater Still in the Passover mood? ‘Exagoge’ is your Seder on steroids
Now at La MaMa, an immersive production draws from the oldest Jewish play
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Theater In the 2024 Tony nominees, a reminder Jews don’t always need to work Jewish
‘Cabaret’ and ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ were both nominated, but antisemitism and Jewish identity are not the major theme
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Culture In a Christian Nationalist surveillance state, the few remaining Jews struggle to survive
Deborah Zoe Laufer's 'The Last Yiddish Speaker' envisions a dystopian future for America
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Forverts in English Training the ‘Hester Street’ actors how to pronounce their Yiddish lines
Yiddish dialogue coach Miriam Isaacs found the actors, especially the children, in the new play quick and eager learners.
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