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How a Kentucky-raised comic dodged a beer can and became a Jewish star
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Why Jews will miss the Corporation for Public Broadcasting terribly
Targeted by Trump, CPB — which helped bring us documentaries about Jewish culture as well as 'Sesame Street' — will close next year
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How Jon Stewart evolved on Israel — at least on ‘The Daily Show’
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Is Lena Dunham’s latest show doing too much — or not enough — with its Jewish characters?
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In an Orthodox Western, Jewish soul breaks through the tropes
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Whoever said ‘you can’t take it with you’ never reckoned with this Jewish patriarch
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Shari had a little lamb — and changed the world with her
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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