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Teretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, who gave $1,000 to the Bush campaign, is one of the Bush donors from Harvard. There are fewer than 15 Bush contributors at Harvard...
...eat”—the translation of the Yiddish expression “es and es”—commands this well-known 83-year institution, and that’s a punned order you’re only too happy to follow. Make a point of trying their extensive weekend brunch offerings, which include the popular Roasted Salmon Hash (9.95), Oscar eggs served with scrumptious potato pancakes (9.95) and Belgian waffles (7.95). The restaurant is large but so is the brunch crowd, so be prepared to wait for a table. For the impatient, there?...
...catching on with fashionistas who have no ties to the Jewish community. "I think that people relate to the words whether or not they are Jewish," says Daniella Zax, 32, who along with her two sisters designs the Rabbi's Daughters line. Its slinky tanks and T's with Yiddish phrases like YENTA and OY VEY are now in more than 100 stores and have been spotted on such non-Jewish celebs as Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Osbourne. Indeed, one of its best-selling shirts proclaims the wearer to be a SHIKSA--a non-Jewish girl...
...While Sharansky portrayed the Harvard doctoral student’s predicament sympathetically, Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse offers a divergent perspective. “Anyone who uses that as an excuse not to speak up is simply a coward,” she says...
Brookline’s Coolidge Corner theater normally plays the hippest in independent cinema. Last Sunday, however, it played the hippest in Yiddish-folk-tale based musicals, hosting a sold-out Fiddler On the Roof sing-a-long as part of Boston’s 15th annual Jewish Film Festival...