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They helped elect Los Angeles’ first Black mayor; but to him, they were just Bob and Shirley
In "L'Chaim America," Joshua Silverstein honors the Jewish couple who helped elect Tom Bradley
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
Elizabeth Pryor unpacks ‘the n-word’ as a professor, a Black-Jewish woman, and the kid of the man who transformed the word forever
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Film & TV A Hasidic wedding entertainer tries to keep up with the times — if his ego will let him
In Gidi Dar's latest film, a struggling alcoholic strives to rebuild his career with kabbalah and blackmail
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An organ divided a synagogue. The fallout helped create Reform Judaism.
'Happyland' tells the true story of a synagogue in antebellum South Carolina
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Books In David Baerwald’s epic tale of espionage and wartime horrors, family history is stranger than fiction
Veteran musician and first-time novelist Baerwald tells his grandfather Ernst's incredible story in 'The Fire Agent'
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In the course of his 104 years, he resisted the Nazis, fought against blood libel and became a towering Jewish intellectual
Edgar Morin reveled in the complexity of events; his life became an expression of his philosophy
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That time Allen Ginsberg wrote a Socialist poem — about Bernie Sanders
In the senator from Vermont, the 'Howl' author found a muse
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Letters The real reason Jews care about Marilyn Monroe
It's not just that she didn't 'look Jewish' or that she made an odd pair with Arthur Miller
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Jewish witchcraft isn’t as weird as it sounds
A new exhibit showcases a long history of Jewish psychics, palm-readers, healers and more
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Some named names, some didn’t, but it’s not just a story of good guys and bad guys
For director Anna Shapiro, 'Are You Now or Have You Ever Been' has a lot to say about today's politics and antisemitism
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Film & TV Marilyn Monroe would be 100 today. Are we making too much of her conversion?
The actor’s 1956 leap of faith has long been a piece of Jewish trivia
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