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Musical Memorial to Prewar Book Burning

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Baumbach in a New York State of Mind

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Another U.S.-Israel Connection: Barbecue!

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Food

Praising Braising

Old-fashioned simmering method is making a comeback

By:

Linda Morel

WHAT'S COOKING? Braising is back in style. Dormant for decades, it's a skill that has become trendy on the Food Network and in cooking magazines. Yet it's a method that my grandmother used nearly every night when she made dinner. If she were still alive, she'd laugh at braising's new status. Contradictory in nature, braising entails searing food in fat...

Food

Hot From the Oven

The cool air has arrived, and with it comes the lovely aroma of food cooking in the kitchen. What better way to welcome in the fall than with a batch of freshly made cookies? And these recipes won't leave you second-guessing -- they're tasty and good for you (and the kids). Almond-and-Honey Butter Cookies (Dairy) This thumbprint cookie uses honey...

Film & Television

'Circumcise Me': The Mohel the Merrier?

Yisrael Campbell talks of cutting-edge movie, play -- and his Catholic background in Philly

By:

Michael Elkin

They say the man works for tips. Dunno. Seems "Circumcise Me" comic Yisrael Campbell has his future pretty much sewn up. The unorthodox Orthodox star of the documentary -- opening the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival on Saturday night, Oct. 24 -- and his off-Broadway play of the same name could have been as easily called "Yisrael Scissorhands." Three times? Really?...

Film & Television

Now Repeat After Me ...

By:

Michael Elkin

Hear about the guy who had one circumcision after another? Finally, he caved, knock-kneed; they got it ... rite! Joel Shoulson understands his pain; the Main Line resident is, after all, one of the premier and in-demand mohels in the region, has been for decades. But that titillating title of "Circumcise Me" -- starring Yisrael Campbell with the director's cut...

Books

'One Book' Program to Sound the 'Horn' Over Writer's New Work

By:

Aaron Passman, JE Staff

Dara Horn might just be the only parent to ever get a pink $2 bill as a Mother's Day gift. This, however, was no ordinary note; it was Confederate currency, festooned with the likeness of Judah Benjamin, the South's secretary of state, who also happened to be Jewish. The recent gift was a fitting one for the New Jersey native...