Posts Tagged ‘ hebrew ’

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Jewniverse
Jewish culture and history are full of fascinating, obscure, and amazing treasures. Some of them have been buried for thousands of years. Others are popping up in Broadway musicals, musty bookstores, and around the Internet as YouTube sensations. Jewniverse discovers them and sends you the scoop.

How dirty can you get (in Hebrew)?

August 22, 2012
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There’s something about the comedy hip-hop group The Lonely Island that screams Jewish. The group is an assemblage of three comedians who’ve made videos together since junior high school, and eventually became regular features on Saturday Night Live. Two of them, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg, are Jewish (Jorma Taccone is not). No doubt the…

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Log On to the Dead Sea Scrolls

June 22, 2012
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Lately, there’s been a push to digitize everything–old family movies, record collections. Our lives are fleeting…

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Flirting, Israeli Style

June 14, 2012
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coupling

Like your craziest high-school friend, the TV show Coupling will try anything once. This British sitcom is…

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The Slam Poet Goes to Israel

March 19, 2012
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bob-holman

“In the beginning was the word,” says Bob Holman,…

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A Jew from Kentucky

February 7, 2012
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Dan Bern’s folk songs bear more than a…

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Faking Hebrew for Beginners

January 20, 2012
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One of the best ways to develop an…

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Elul Carols

September 9, 2011
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jewels

Craig Taubman is mostly known as a musician.…

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Hebrew for Fun and Profit

August 23, 2011
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jake and amir

Do Jews speak a different language than other…

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Amen

August 4, 2011
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amen

The word amen is Hebrew, dating back to the Book of Numbers–but…

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God Is Great (and I’m Not)

June 22, 2011
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Sometimes, a spiritual search can be as hard…

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Hanukkah, Chanukah–Pass the Beer

December 2, 2010
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Hanukkah Chanukah - pass the beer

He’Brew is a brand of beer that’s exactly…

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