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Culture
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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 terms have majority shares in several bagel shops, and are hungry for more
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
A painting she made after the 6 Day War could be a clue
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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
The Israeli show ‘Unconditional’ is more than meets the eye
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Film & TV In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son?
A Film Forum retrospective of the cartoonist and his journeyman heir brings innovation to light
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A Jewish Expressionist artist’s life, preserved in a brownstone
Ben-Zion was a colleague of famed artists like Mark Rothko
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An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
'Israel: What Went Wrong' sees Omer Bartov, a scholar of genocide and the Holocaust, considering how his birthplace changed
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Theater Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical
The songwriter and author’s friendship came courtesy of Bette Midler
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Theater Tony nominee Mark Rosenblatt’s ‘Giant’ journey began with Menachem Begin
In Roald Dahl's 1983 scandal, the playwright found the 'perfect premise' to discuss antisemitism and criticism of Israel
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Books This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all
‘Remnants’ tells the story of the 23 Jews who fled Brazil and established Shearith Israel in New York
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Theater A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews?
‘Cable Street’ arrives with a hip-hop-tinged warning from history that couldn't feel more timely
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Fast Forward Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’
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Fast Forward DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional, judge rules
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Fast Forward As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these two Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states
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Culture At this interfaith calligraphy class, the lines between Jew and Muslim blur