David Zakalik
By David Zakalik
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Yiddish World A German museum aimed to honor Jewish wit. The result is downright demeaning.
The Haus der Kunst in Munich now has Yiddish insults mounted on its cornice
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Opinion I discovered a long-lost relative who survived the Holocaust in Soviet gulags
Jews who survived under Stalin rather than Hitler are largely absent from mainstream film and literature
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Fast Forward A whites-only, no-Jews community says it’s found a legal loophole. A Jewish lawmaker in Pennsylvania wants to close it.
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Film & TV So, what’s the deal with the honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme?’
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Opinion What if Donald Trump puts his name on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum?
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News Ben Shapiro is mounting a last stand against right-wing antisemitism. It’s not going well.
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News Mayor Zohran Mamdani reassures Jewish New Yorkers at inauguration: ‘I will protect you’
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Israel News Somaliland already operates as a de facto state. So why is Israel’s recognition of it so controversial?
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