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Today’s American Jews finally have their era’s Sandy Koufax
Is Deni Avdija the hero we need, or the one we deserve?
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A New York Jewish childhood at the Dalton School where privilege met progressivism
Holly Cowan Shulman, who graduated from Dalton in 1961, remembers a fortunate life on the city's East Side
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On the small island of St. Eustatius, the Jewish community turned the tide of the American Revolution
'The First Salute' exhibit at the Weitzman Museum in Philly sheds light on the Jewish history of St. Eustatius and its impact on America
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Music Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, celebrated conductor and Yiddish Theater royalty, dies at 81
The conductor led major symphonies and championed music education
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Music Marx Brothers fans rejoice: There’s a recording of Harpo speaking
A tape of a benefit concert marks the only time the silent brother let himself be recorded speaking in performance
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Lena Dunham’s new memoir is the most millennial thing ever
'Famesick' has the same strengths and foibles as 'Girls' — but we've grown up now
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Theater In a forgotten 20th century masterwork, a Holocaust story from the perpetrator’s perspective
Mieczysław Weinberg’s 'Die Passagierin,' on stage at the Dutch National Opera, is both lyrical and forceful
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A nose is a nose is a nose: A Brooklyn artist’s quest to paint 100 Jewish noses, including mine
I met up with Goldie Gross to discuss Jewish noses and to model my proboscis for her latest project
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‘I’m fragmented, and a surviving remnant’: The story of Westerbork prisoner 8331
Jack Boas was devastated by the Holocaust, even if he can't remember any of it
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Looking Forward Stumbling across Jewish history in a vintage store
Abram Krol, a Polish-Jewish artist, explored his experience of Judaism and the Holocaust in his art
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Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
In 1980 the critics sparred over whose films were better — it’s an eerie watch in 2026
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Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
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Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
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Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
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Fast Forward 200+ Bnei Menashe immigrate to Israel from India, the first to make the journey in years
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Yiddish װאָס קען מען זיך אָפּלערנען פֿון מאָלי קראַבעפּלס בוך װעגן „בונד“?What can we learn from Molly Crabapple’s book about the Bund?
דאָס בוך איז גרונטיק געפֿאָרשט, לעבעדיק אָנגעשריבן — אָבער אידעאָלאָגיש באַפֿאַרבט
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Sports Today’s American Jews finally have their era’s Sandy Koufax
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Fast Forward Netanyahu reveals prostate cancer treatment, says he hid diagnosis during Iran war