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The Bataclan Was Named For This Jewish Operetta

Haaretz writer Vivian Eden just unearthed an amazing historical factoid: the Bataclan, the stately Paris theater that is now synonymous with bloodshed and horror, takes its name from an operetta written and composed by two 19th-century Jews. Born to a German cantor, composer Jacques Offenbach emigrated to Paris to study music. The libretto he famously […]

By Ilana Sichel

Finding Home But Risking Your Family, in Jerusalem

When filmmaker Danae Elon became pregnant with her third child in 2010, she decided to address her years-long feeling of displacement by moving her husband and young sons from Brooklyn to the city she was raised in, Jerusalem. Her father, renowned Israeli journalist and author Amos Elon, became disenchanted with the ongoing war and occupation […]

Buy a Jacket, Remember 6 Million Jews

Depending on your taste in humor and your philosophy on Holocaust education, you will either love this or be severely nauseated by it. Nathan Fielder, Canadian Jewish comedian and star of the cringe-comedy show Nathan for You, recently made a horrifying discovery about one of his favorite brands: Taiga, a Vancouver jacket clothing, were supporters […]