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I had not known that Rafael Halpern passed away until reading Steve Lipman’s remembrance of him, “A Rabbi Who Wrestled With More Than Theology” (Sept. 9). In the early 1950s, Halpern came to America to wrestle professionally and was introduced as “Mr. Israel” to an audience in the era of black-and-white TV. He lived as […]

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Ready. Set. Write a play! Oh, and give it a Jewish theme! That’s pretty much the premise of the Jewish Plays Project, a new organization that is sponsoring a contest to encourage the creation of dramatic works with contemporary Jewish themes. Co-sponsored by the 14th Street Y and the MetroWest JCC in Northern New Jersey, […]

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After reading “Are Comics The Jewish Art Form?” (Oct. 7), I felt compelled to respond. As an educator, I was struck by the possibility of using the article as a lesson plan for age-appropriate Jewish and regular classes. The history of comics, cartoons, immigration, politics and World War II could be subsections of the course. […]

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