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A 'Magic' Premiere Fulfills Cheltenham Teen's Dying Wish

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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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David Broza: This Concert Will Be Good

Food

No Better Berry on Earth

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Louise Fiszer, Jewish Exponent Feature

BEYOND CHICKEN SOUP "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." William Butler, a 16th-century physician, shares my view on the much beloved strawberry. No wonder that strawberries grace the covers of most spring issues of food magazines, and that a number of restaurants declare a "Strawberry Week" in mid-May with special dishes on their...

Books

Age and Other Related Headaches

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Robert Leiter

I don't know how some writers pull it off. When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win by longtime comedy writer Carol Leifer, which was published by Villard, seems to me in form and even sometimes in subject matter -- though not, of course, on a sentence-by-sentence basis -- to resemble Nora Ephron's marvelously entertaining and highly successful collection...

Food

Aioli Gets the 'A-OK'

And it can be part of a Bastille Day celebration

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Louise Fiszer, Jewish Exponent Feature

BEYOND CHICKEN SOUP We have a number of friends who are die-hard "Francophiles." They spend every vacation in France, and usually come home with all things French -- wines, chocolates, porcelain and wonderful recipes. Recently, we were invited to a home where such French-lovers hosted an unusually tasty Shabbat luncheon featuring vegetables, fish and a garlicky mayonnaise-like dip called "aioli."...

Food

Light Salads Help to Brighten Up Your Summer

Perhaps it's the tradition of mezze -- a selection of salad appetizers without which no Middle Eastern meal could begin. Or maybe it has to do with the glorious abundance of produce in our local markets. In any case, Shabbat meals in Jerusalem always begin with at least four or five cold salads. When planning a course of salads, keep...

Film & Television

Car 54, Where Are You? Maybe Inside 'Warehouse 13'

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Michael Elkin

It's in his solar system: Saul Rubinek has made an art out of science fiction, with Artie Nielsen his latest twilight-zoned-out success story of a character. The just-turned-61 actor whose star trek has led him to sterling appearances in "The Outer Limits" revival; SyFy Channel's "Stargate SG-1" and "Eureka"; and, of course "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ("The Most Toys")...