Oh Brother!
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer In Hebrew and Aramaic he was known as Jacob or Yakov. He was a son of a late Second Temple period carpenter named Joseph. And like Robert from the hit sitcom...
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by Daniel Schifrin Special To The Jewish Week When I was younger, a popular bumper sticker read: “My boss is a Jewish carpenter.” Back then, I thought it referred to some strange pride non-Jews had in...
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Gabrielle Birkner Staff Writer Joshua Boettiger may be the only rabbinic student who can trace his roots to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The 31-year-old is a great-grandson of Democrat Franklin Delano...
View ArticleStiller Waters Run Deep
George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week In ‘Greenberg,’ Ben Stiller veers from the typical Jewish neurotic role.Roger Greenberg, the eponymous hero of Noah Baumbach’s new film, “Greenberg,” is a...
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