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Sylvain Sylvain by the Forward
Culture

For Sylvain Sylvain, the Jewish heart of the New York Dolls

Dan Epstein
Israel vaccination by the Forward
Culture

Why Israel’s multilingual approach to vaccination is working — and why our monolingual one isn’t

Aviya Kushner
Bagels being boiled by the Forward
Culture

Did antisemitism forge the bagel we know and love?

Mira Fox
New Jersey has the best bagels. Just ask the women behind @NJGov. by the Forward
Culture

What was Captain America doing on Trump rioters’ shirts - and what would Cap think?

PJ Grisar
Capitol riots by the Forward
Culture

How the Capitol riots changed the way we talk about insurrection

Aviya Kushner

Eat, Drink + Think

Braised short ribs by the Forward

Braised short ribs for a terrifying Shabbat in Washington, D.C.

The Schmooze

New Jersey has the best bagels. Just ask the women behind @NJGov.

National Bagel Day is coming, and you should probably plan to celebrate in New Jersey.

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In one of Norway’s first Holocaust films, a fairy tale free of consequence

What could have been an opportunity for an underexamined period in Norway’s past is squandered by empty whimsy.

WATCH: Jerry Nadler brings Zabar’s to House impeachment vote

Hometown pride or sponsored content?

As Trump faces 2nd impeachment, a history of incitement

Incitement — of insubordination, to riot and other varieties — has a long legal history. And not always a just one.

Sea shanties have gone viral on TikTok — are niggunim next?

The old sailor work songs are repetitive and catchy. So are the Jewish devotional tunes.

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