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By Mira Fox
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BINTEL BRIEF I prepare bodies as part of my synagogue’s burial society, but I’m an anti-Zionist. Is that OK?
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
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Looking Forward That time my violin teacher tried to convert me to Christianity
New guidelines from the Trump administration encourage proselytizing. It brings up memories
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Film & TV Is Lena Dunham’s latest show doing too much — or not enough — with its Jewish characters?
'Too Much,' now on Netflix, plays around with the rom-com formula, but leans into some overdone tropes
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Culture Why a Gaza doctor’s striking video about starving babies has gone viral
The doctor in the video is gaunt, visibly malnourished himself, yet he only mentions the hunger of the babies in his care
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Culture Why is the Department of Homeland Security quoting the Bible on Instagram?
Christian nationalism has become an overt motivation for Trump's deportation efforts
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Culture Grok’s Nazi break with reality is fueling real-life delusions
A phenomenon some term 'AI psychosis' is growing, thanks to a belief that bots are infallible
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Culture Religious leaders can endorse candidates now. Haven’t they always?
The Johnson Amendment has never been strictly enforced
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Culture Is now really the best time for a cutesy Jewish summer camp movie?
'The Floaters' largely ignores tensions around Israel, putting its nostalgia just out of reach
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