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Theater ‘It’s my family play.’ David Adjmi on Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and moving ‘Stereophonic’ to Broadway
Adjmi's play, nominated for 13 Tonys, is about a band's tumultuous act of creation
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NASA wants to create a time zone on the moon. Here’s what that means for Jewish space travelers
When Shabbat and the holidays begin and end are by no means the most important questions. It’s deeper than that
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Film & TV In new Israeli Netflix show about fanatical soccer fans, anti-Arab racism is an unspoken companion
Bros follows fans of Israel's Beitar team, whose fanbase is notoriously racist — a fact the show avoids
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Paul Auster, who wrote himself into his bestselling work, dies at 77
Known as a chronicler of Brooklyn, Auster was born in Newark
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How Maurice Sendak’s Jewishness shaped ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
The children's book author was raised by Jews from Poland. A show at the Skirball in LA explores those roots
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How a Jewish son of Prague became a 101-year-old historian of human ideals
Intellectual historian Peter Demetz survived close calls during wartime to become a scholar of German literature
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Theater In the 2024 Tony nominees, a reminder Jews don’t always need to work Jewish
‘Cabaret’ and ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ were both nominated, but antisemitism and Jewish identity are not the major theme
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Film & TV In Seinfeld’s newest kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes
Promoting ‘Unfrosted,’ the comedian lamented ‘PC crap’
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A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize
Oren Kessler’s “Palestine 1936” tells the “story of two nationalisms"
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I have officiated at hundreds of funerals. Here’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned
Individual moments create memories that last a lifetime
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PEN America cancels New Voices festival over author outrage at Gaza response
The move comes just days after the organization canceled its annual awards
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How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights
Rossi’s memoir ‘Punk Rock Queen of the Jews’ tells a story ripe for Passover
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
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Opinion I teach Israel studies at NYU. We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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Opinion Violence at UCLA will only produce more violence. A remarkable Palestinian peace activist showed me an alternate way
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Fast Forward Final exams at Columbia upended amid campus turmoil
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News How one public official made Palm Beach County the largest holder of Israel bonds
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Yiddish דער וווּקס פֿון אַנטי־ציוניזם צווינגט זשורנאַליסט איבערצוקלערן זײַן לינק־געשטימטע ייִדישע אידענטיטעטRise in anti-Zionism forces journalist to rethink his leftist Jewish identity
מײַקל גאַװענדאַס אױטאָביאָגראַפֿיע איז אַ נוצלעכער װעגװײַזער פֿאַר די הײַנטיקע װיכּוחים װעגן ישׂראל, ציוניזם און ייִדישקײט