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By Rob Eshman
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Opinion I read a secret transcript of Hasidic sex advice. I’ve read worse.
TV shows like ‘Unorthodox’ skewed my understanding of a real Hasidic wedding night
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Opinion Israel inspired al-Zawahri’s jihad. Here’s why he failed.
The assassinated al-Qaida leader tried in vain to avenge the Arab world’s humiliating defeat in 1967
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Culture Jews need to start talking about — and shaping — the metaverse
A VR headset, a new book and its author help our columnist see the Jewish future
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Opinion Why did a former Oath Keeper leave over Holocaust denialism? Because of his Jewish family.
Jason Van Tatenhove toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum the day before his testimony to the Jan. 6 committee
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Opinion The US government shouldn’t be done looking into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
The US investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death won’t silence Israel’s critics — or defenders
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Recipes Home-smoked wild salmon
Turn a fresh piece of fish into a sweet, salty glossy slab fit for the best bagel
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Food This summer, may all your lox be wild lox
In many places, farmed salmon is a slow-motion environmental train wreck. This summer, think wild.
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Opinion The San Antonio migrant deaths should remind Jews: We were once smuggled in, too
‘Plenty of people killed, nobody knows about it, but God and the water’
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