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The Only Kosher Butcher in Cuba

For the kashrut-observant Cuban, there’s only one place to go for a piece of meat. Situated on Acosta Street in Old Havana is Cuba’s sole kosher butcher shop. For nearly 70 years, the privately run business has provided kosher beef to the country’s Jews, and only to the Jews—non-Jewish Cubans receive rations for pork, available […]

By Zachary Solomon

Yiddish Theater Takes the Web

Want to know about Yiddish theatre in Cairo? What about Buenos Aires, or the more familiar territory of New York’s Lower East Side? Good news: In these times of freezing temperatures and airline disasters, there’s no need to venture out, as Yiddish Theatre, like Yiddish in general, is on the Web, thanks to the new […]

What do you Get When You Cross a Hipster and a Neo-Nazi?

What do you Get When You Cross a Neo-Nazi and a Hipster?

Hello, Nipster. As the neo-Nazi movement in Germany continues to shrink, some of the country’s extremists are trying to shed their intimidating skinhead image to appeal to a younger generation. That means trading in their black combat boots for Converse sneakers and Tumblr blogs. Rolling Stone and NBC News have chronicled the rise of the […]