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Film & TV
Did Elaine May disappear — or is that just another Hollywood myth?
The writer, director and actor deserves a better biographer than she gets in ‘Miss May Does Not Exist’
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Film & TV ‘Furiosa’ is an action movie about cars. Why is there so much biblical symbolism?
The movie leans on biblical references to make up for a lack of plot
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Film & TV Wes Anderson meets Franz Kafka in a new streaming series
‘Kafka’ tells the story of the author’s life, death and conflicted Jewish identity
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Politics Donald Trump can run for president — even from jail
Even if Trump goes to prison, he wouldn't be the first to campaign from behind bars
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‘What’s Kosher?’ An Indian-Jewish poet’s take on memory, belonging, and her people’s delicious history.
Zilka Joseph's new of book of poetry, 'Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman,' dips into the culture and mythology around the subcontinent's largest Jewish community
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Music The hugely influential record label that unites Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan and Bernie Sanders lives on
Founded by Moses Asch, Folkways continues to be a repository for underappreciated voices
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Film & TV Nudniks, nude performers and a Nobel winner have one thing in common — they all love the Marx Brothers
The second ever Marxfest drew visitors from across the country to celebrate the beloved family act
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Books On the road again — except a lot more Jewish than Jack Kerouac, or T.S. Eliot for that matter
Reuven Fenton's debut novel 'Goyhood' interrogates Jewish identity with a jaunty sense of adventure
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Film & TV Did Labour suspend a candidate for liking a Jon Stewart joke?
The 10-year-old joke about Israel continues to be relevant
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BINTEL BRIEF A rambunctious child is driving Mom nuts. What can she say besides ‘Stop’ and ‘Don’t’?
Bintel offers 9 ways to cope with a 'vilde chaya' — wild child — right out of a Maurice Sendak story
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Viral meme urges ‘all eyes on Rafah’ — yet it fails to show Rafah at all
The irony of bringing attention to the death toll in Gaza with a sanitized, AI-generated image
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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News How Iran is outsourcing terror plots against Jews
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