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The Jewish secret to affordable eyewear that isn’t so secret anymore
Up a flight of stairs in a Brooklyn rowhouse, Minzer's Optical serves the Orthodox and anyone else looking for a bargain
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Looking Forward When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance
Rennie McDougall's 'Nonstop Bodies' recalls a time when the Jewish institution was a mecca for experimentation
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Music He may be country music royalty, but his heart belongs to Leonard Cohen
On his newest release, country legend Rodney Crowell pays tribute to Montreal's 'rabbi poet, Buddhist monk, and sage'
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Art At the Venice Biennale, protests, self-mutilation and rage against Israel and Russia. Is anyone left to talk about the art?
Amid the din of controversy at the world's most prestigious art expo, a contemplative Israeli artist struggles to be heard
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Trump announced a national Shabbat — and a giant celebration of Christianity the very next day
Shabbat 250 is followed by Rededication 250, a large event on the National Mall featuring Christian nationalist speakers
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Jack Kirby finally gets his corner of the city that made him super
The comic book artist and writer who couldn’t wait to leave the Lower East Side is now immortalized there
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How Joanna Stern gets it done — with some help from AI
The author of 'I Am Not a Robot' enlisted some high-tech help to make potatoes for Seder
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A British spy, a notorious murderer, the Indiana Jones of the insect world, and a very Jewish history
In 'To Life,' author Joel Greenberg explores the strange-but-true stories of Jews and the natural world
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Clashes over Israel again define Eurovision — this time under the shadow of the Holocaust
The popular song contest has host city Vienna's Jewish community on high alert
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At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur
Sacred Scripts brings together young artists and community leaders to write in Hebrew and Arabic, who draw connections between the letters and themselves
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What the private equity takeover means for the bagel industry
Investment firms have majority shares in several bagel shops, and are hungry for more
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Looking Forward When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance