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Is ‘Jew’ a dirty name for a pond?

The New Hampshire town of Mont Vernon is contemplating renaming “Jew Pond” after being petitioned by a local Jewish resident, writes Darren Garnick for The Atlantic: In 1927, the property was bought by two Jewish brothers, Myer and Nymen Kolodny, Boston attorneys who had planned to fill the void for a Jewish-friendly hotel. Unfulfilled plans […]

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JNF is hiring a graphic designer

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is hiring a graphic designer. If you decide to apply, you should know that you have some big shoes to fill. [[READMORE]] Noah Bee, the designer of the once-ubiquitous JNF blue box who passed away in 1992, was also a longtime JTA cartoonist: The familiar blue charity box, or pushke, of […]

Shomer [bleeping] Shabbos

On Mar. 6, 1998, The Big Lebowski debuted in theaters. [[READMORE]] Several months later, Peter Ephross did a nice job putting the films most famous Jewish line in context. Ephross and the copy editor at the time must have had a field day sharing the quote — uttered by John Goodman’s character, Walter Sobchak — […]

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