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Culture
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Eden Golan’s impossible mission — conquer Eurovision and redefine Israel’s image
The 20-year-old Israeli singer is trying to make a statement, while saying as little as possible
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The untold story of how Jon Ossoff’s cousin survived the Holocaust and got to the US
He escaped a death march, foraged for food in the forest and placed an ad seeking a long-lost aunt in the Forward
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PopUp Bagels’ controversial 3-bagel minimum (unsliced!) hits the Upper West Side
A Q&A with bagel disrupter Adam Goldberg as he opens his 7th shop
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Met Gala icons wore the designs of someone with an antisemitic — but apologetic — past
John Galliano appears to have made a major comeback on fashion’s biggest night
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Art In concentration camps, Jewish artists painted in secret, hid their work and traded art for food
Website launched for Yom Hashoah shows art made by Jews in Nazi camps and ghettos during World War II
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Sports Why the New York Knicks have won the hearts of Jewish New York — and basketball lovers everywhere
The 2024 squad is a throwback to an earlier era
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This 100-year-old Jewish activist is speaking up again — this time about Gaza
For Jules Rabin of Vermont, reading and staying engaged are crucial to longevity
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In shooting her dog, Kristi Noem defied morality — and the Talmud
South Dakota governor publicly described shooting her own puppy, breaking, well, most rules
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BINTEL BRIEF Dad wants mom’s ashes scattered in Israel. Should an adult child go to court to stop him?
Bintel turns to Moses and King Solomon for guidance. But beneath this feud lies real grief
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Film & TV In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food
The Netflix film has the right stuff for adults not ready to grow up
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Theater Still in the Passover mood? ‘Exagoge’ is your Seder on steroids
Now at La MaMa, an immersive production draws from the oldest Jewish play
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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Culture Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.
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