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Film & TV
A ‘new look’ at the Holocaust through fashion recycles old excuses for Nazi collaborators
'The New Look' is a show about World War II, told through Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
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A mural of the Simpsons as Holocaust victims should be offensive. It’s actually a stroke of genius
Muralist aleXsandro Palombo's use of ubiquitous cartoon characters startles viewers out of preconceived notions about the Holocaust
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Books How Isaac Bashevis Singer’s translator edits without editing
David Stromberg, the Yiddishist behind a new collection of the Nobel Prize winner's essays for the Forward, talks about the challenges of bringing his work to a modern audience
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No, Judith Butler did not say they support Hamas
The renowned theorist may be radical on gender, but not on Hamas
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Finally, a new hub for people who want to study the language and history of Ladino
The American Ladino League celebrates a language that was the mother tongue of generations of Sephardic Jews
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Art Why an artist famous for illustrating the Haggadah is more relevant than ever
Through his work, Arthur Szyk fought against fascism and bigotry
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Is Adam Sandler’s Kafkaesque Tarkovskyesque Kubrickesque Netflix sci-fi drama better than it sounds?
Based on a Czech novel, 'Spaceman' features Sandler as the titular voyager Jakub Procházka
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‘Dune 2’ is set thousands of years in the future — so why does it feel like a parable about Gaza?
The blockbuster's visuals feel ripped from the news about the Israel-Hamas war
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Did this pro-immigrant linguist inspire Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigrant rant?
‘Language City’ author Ross Perlin speaks about Yiddish and other endangered languages
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Was the Leopold and Loeb case really the ‘Jewish crime of the century?’
100 years later, the frenzy surrounding the murder of Bobby Franks still raises uncomfortable questions about antisemitism
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This Supreme Court case might allow Nazis to operate freely on social media
Texas and Florida passed laws curtailing social media sites' ability to moderate. Will the Supreme Court strike them down?
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