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Culture
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How a deeply religious Christian artist captured the spirit of the Jewish holy land
In the early 19th century, David Roberts took a dangerous and unprecedented trip from England to travel the same route that Jews took during the Exodus
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Film & TV A compelling horror series from Israel — even if you don’t like horror movies
'The Dybbuk' meets 'The Exorcist' in 'The Malevolent Bride'
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How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself
Comedians are embracing their Jewish identity in a way Borscht Belt stars never needed to
The Latest
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Books Why Walter Benjamin was all things to all people
Peter E. Gordon’s illuminating biography considers a philosopher who couldn’t be boxed in
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Theater He may have been the world’s most famous mime, but in this play, he won’t shut up
Ethan Slater misses the mark with 'Marcel on the Train,' an uneven play about Marcel Marceau’s Holocaust rescues
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Film & TV Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn’t ‘Zionist propaganda’
Viewers of new films, and old, are missing the plot on the Jewish story
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Everyone can be a war profiteer in Gaza or Iran, thanks to online betting markets
Polymarket and Kalshi let people bet on exactly when and where bombs might fall
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Art Rembrandt has been hailed for his love of the Jewish people — was it all a myth?
A new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts digs into the artist's much-scrutinized Jewish interactions, real and otherwise
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Film & TV How the Jewish Museum brought Black film history to new audiences
A revival of the 1970 series ‘The Black Film’ recounts how the museum encouraged intercultural dialogue in the wake of Black-Jewish conflict
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Forever curious, never daunted, Frederick Wiseman sought to repair the world through film
The great documentarian, who has died at 96, leaves behind a legacy of films that offer a moral accounting of the American soul
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Why a forgotten teacher’s grave became a Jewish pilgrimage site
Long after his death, the grave of Rabbi Yechiel Meir Burgeman has become a site of prayer and hope
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