
Deb Herman
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1 month ago |
jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Larry Yudelson |Deb Herman
As Passover winds down, here’s hoping that your travel plans worked out better than those of one unfortunate Israeli man whose efforts to return to his home in Safir were foiled by Israel’s Sabbath-observing public transportation schedule, his own erratic driving, and ultimately the Israeli police.
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jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Joanne Palmer |Deb Herman
When a piece of fiction really works for you as a reader, the line between its world — a made-up place — and your own — the real one — blurs. By the end of a successful novel, you, the reader, can feel so firmly rooted in it, no matter what happened in it, that you’re sure you’ve breathed its make-believe air into your actual lungs.
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jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Joanne Palmer |Deb Herman
Alexander Smukler and his wife, Alla Straks, Russian Jewish emigres from the former Soviet Union who live in Montclair — and who are familiar to our readers because Mr. Smukler analyzes the war in Ukraine and the deadly game behind it for our series Global Game of Thrones — went to see the documentary “October 8” on the Saturday night before Pesach.
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jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Curt Schleier |Deb Herman
Tina Landau is having quite a year. She opened two shows on Broadway this season, in itself a remarkable feat. But what makes it extraordinary is that she wrote and directed both. “Floyd Collins” is in previews at Lincoln Center, but the play I really want to talk about is “Redwood.” It is the most positive Jewish play in decades. “Parade,” “Prayers for the French Republic,” “Leopoldstadt,” even “Fiddler on the Roof” are rooted in antisemitism.
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jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com | Banji Ganchrow |Deb Herman
Before I begin, let’s discuss the concept of “being spoiled.” And since it is my column, I will talk about me. Am I spoiled? My dad always said, “You can always have more, but more people have less.”So am I spoiled? To a certain extent, yes. Do I have cleaning help? No, I do not. Am I wearing the same clothes from 20 years ago? Yes. Does that make me less spoiled? Probably not, but, whatever. In relation to the holiday of Passover, I have been very spoiled. (Of course, that is all relative as well. Mexico?
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