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Yiddish-language Feature Menashe Premieres at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival

Menashe offers an inti­mate glimpse inside Hasidic Bor­ough Park. 

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"They Have Their Own Language, Literally": A Review of One of Us

Shay­na Weiss reviews One of Us, a Net­fix doc­u­men­tary direct­ed by Hei­di Ewing and Rachel Grady that fol­lows the lives of three ex-Hasidim. 

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The Band Community Built: Tsibele at Jalopy Theatre

Noam Green on Tsi­blele’s rad­i­cal­ly inti­mate sounds, and what it means to flag Jewish 

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Jewish Victims, Jewish Virtue, but Not Much Jewish History: A Review of The Argentinian Prostitute Play

Tova Ben­jamin reviews The Argen­tin­ian Pros­ti­tute Play, a new play by Reuven Glez­er staged as part of the 2019 Broad­way Bound The­atre Festival. 

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