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Jewish Director Rob Reiner Was the Definition of a Mensch
16 Dec 2025 08:18 GMT
… interview with JTA, using the Yiddish word for synagogue and school … of explicit Judaism in his films, there was a Jewish sensibility to … and the sister of a rabbi. The two raised their … penchant for humor as deeply Jewish: “Jews are funny,” he shared in …
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News Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit and immigrants By Hannah Feuer 3 min read
15 Dec 2025 21:44 GMT
… African Jewish immigrants.
Demographics and culture
About 117,000 Jews live … over half of Australian Jews were born in the country … of speaking Yiddish exclusively, while Kadimah, a Jewish cultural center … of 1956, and British Jews who migrated under the “ …
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Rob Reiner, iconic Jewish director and actor, found dead with wife Michele in their home
15 Dec 2025 20:57 GMT
… by equally beloved Jewish writer Nora Ephron) starring Jewish actor Billy Crystal … mensch.”
He also channeled the Yiddish of his childhood when paying … 2024.
“There’s a Yiddish word that describes Norman’s … said. “For all you non-Jews out there, kochleffel is a …
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Jewish Filmmaker Rob Reiner, Wife Found Stabbed to Death in Their Los Angeles Mansion
15 Dec 2025 15:14 GMT
(JNS) Legendary Jewish film director and actor Rob … , who grew up in a Yiddish-speaking house, said his Jewishness … —and a grandchild.
The Detroit Jewish News has been supported by … since 1942. Support independent, local, Jewish journalism with a donation today …
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Rob Reiner, Jewish comedy giant behind slew of iconic Hollywood films, dies at 78
15 Dec 2025 10:52 GMT
… and father spoke a little Yiddish, too,” said Reiner, who had … sister-in-law is a rabbi, “and we’ll have Passover … . I’m a Jew. I was raised a Jew. I value honesty … raised with another “Jewish value” as well: comedy.
“Jews are funny,” he …
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Beloved Chabad Rabbi Eli Schlanger among those killed in Bondi Beach shooting
14 Dec 2025 20:29 GMT
… THE VIDEO ABOVE: Prominent Rabbi killed in Bondi Beach terror … as he was leaving shul, Yiddish for synagogue.
He confirmed … revealed way.”
Bondi shooting victim, Rabbi Eli Schlanger. Credit: SuppliedOne … the men shooting at the Jewish event to mark the first …
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How Eastern Europe’s Jews celebrated a merry ‘nitl’ Christmas
14 Dec 2025 12:14 GMT
… Jewish Studies, Chad offers up the “untold story” of how Yiddish-speaking Jews … .
Chad consistently argues that Yiddish-speaking Jews were not cut off from … Balls” to Jewish cabarets to Christmas classics sung in Yiddish.
And then …
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From Black cantors to kosher health nuts, new book reveals lost histories of Yiddish NYC
14 Dec 2025 04:25 GMT
… ! How can an Orthodox Jew be a Bolshevik?”
While … of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt and Rabbi Meyer “Max” Manischewitz (yes … observation, calling my Yiddish-centric book “Jewish New York” would … and Jews: Jewish adoption of jazz, the early 1900s Yiddish Uncle …
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How do you actually spell Hanukkah? Chanukah? Unpacking the 24 spellings of the Jewish Festival of Lights
13 Dec 2025 22:06 GMT
… right way. (What’s more Jewish than that?)
How do you … spellings for many Hebrew and Yiddish words (like Matza/Matzo … . It’s controversial even amongst Jews, so you won’t be … 24 spelling variants of the Jewish festival of lights? Here they …
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The Rejected Rabbi Nachman, His Legacy and Predicted Return
13 Dec 2025 04:58 GMT
… of contemporary Judaism, its origins remain almost willfully counterintuitive: Rabbi Nachman’s … through the lens of classical Jewish sources, Rabbi Nachman’s micro-community … functions as a culturally recognizable Yiddish interjection—an index of dismay …