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Culture
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He was the heir apparent to Franz Kafka and Ralph Ellison and pioneered the idea of ‘wokeness’ — how did he just disappear?
For decades, Barry Beckham — whose baseball novel 'Runner Mack' was inspired by Kafka — has been hiding in plain sight
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A superhero, a scientist and a T. rex who scares his seder guests star in 2024’s new Passover children’s books
Learn about 11 new children’s books released for Passover 2024
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A new William Shatner documentary is more meet-and-greet than film
‘You Can Call Me Bill’ is an intimate, and often boring, discussion with a pop culture icon
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BREAKING: On April 8, God will turn the sun into darkness and the moon into blood
Solar eclipses are rare and scientifically interesting, but Jewish texts say they're punishment for sins
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The real Jewish history of Lt. Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, heroic pilot in Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’
Series creator John Orloff called Rosenthal “one of the most amazing human beings I have ever had the honor to write about"
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Writers reject festival invite from PEN America over Gaza war response
Jewish author Naomi Klein is one of several writers and activists to accuse the organization of violating its 'professed commitment to peace'
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How a club of Irish-Jewish immigrants celebrated St. Patrick’s Day Jewish-style
Members included the married comic duo Jerry Stiller, who was Jewish, and Anne Meara, who was of Irish descent.
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Film & TV An online comedy course asks Marc Maron, Lewis Black and more — why did Jews get into the funny business?
YIVO’s ‘Is Anything Okay?’ dives into Jewish American comedy history
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It wasn’t just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now?
The British author posted that Nazis did not persecute trans people. That's false.
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Is Kate Middleton’s disappearance a modern-day Purim story?
The Princess of Wales, like Esther of old, has been hidden away
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The secret Jewish history of pi
The relationship between a circle’s diameter and its circumference was originally mentioned in the Hebrew Book of Kings
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The secret Jewish history of the solar eclipse
Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson viewed solar eclipses as a time for 'increasing prayer and introspection'
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Culture It wasn’t just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now?
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Opinion An elite literary journal imploded over an essay about the war — because it dared to humanize Israelis as well as Palestinians
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Film & TV No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’
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Opinion Canceling Ramy Youssef on SNL won’t help Israel
In Case You Missed It
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News Every time Donald Trump has accused American Jews of disloyalty
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Fast Forward Trump: Any Jew who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’
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Fast Forward Arsonist with ‘kill rabbi’ tattoo sentenced to decades in prison for burning rabbi’s home
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Food Where can you find the best egg cream in the world? Not New York