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Culture
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If you thought her first bat mitzvah was trailblazing, wait till you hear about her second
At 83, Ruth Messinger stepped up to the bimah — just like she did 70 years ago
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Hip Israeli designers embrace Stars of David after Oct. 7
Sales of Judaica are skyrocketing around the world
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French crooner Charles Aznavour loved Jews. A new museum in Armenia will tell that story.
Delayed by war in Nagorno-Karabakh and other obstacles, the Aznavour museum will document how his family saved Jews in Paris during WWII
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Art After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace
The artist's new exhibition situates viewers in a big, diverse protest against the Israel-Hamas war
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Leonard Bernstein and Taylor Swift: Both musical geniuses, but only one movie captures the spirit of their artistry
Back-to-back screenings of ‘The Eras Tour’ and ‘Maestro’ yield surprising insights into the enchantments of fame
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Film & TV This Arab-Israeli high school comedy is the TV show about the conflict we all need right now
Sayed Kashua's newest TV show is a realist, yet hopeful — and funny — approach to the conflict
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Film & TV ‘Schindler’s List’ is darker — and braver — than you may remember
The film, Schindler’s List, marking its 30th anniversary, has been unjustly dismissed by scholars
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Film & TV Leonard Bernstein was a big deal. Why does ‘Maestro’ make him so small?
Four critics discuss what Bradley Cooper’s biopic leaves out
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Is an intifada in France inevitable? Peut-être
This year, there have already been three times as many antisemitic acts in France as there were in 2022
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A priceless Hanukkah story — and it cost only $70
The menorah was way too expensive for a 12-year-old kid, so the Hebrew bookstore in Chicago put it on layaway
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Books In the Warsaw ghetto, where disease, cold weather and violence all exerted heavy tolls
Lauren Grodstein's 'We Must Not Think of Ourselves' focuses on glimmers of hope amid overwhelming catastrophe
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
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Fast Forward Pope Leo names Italian Holocaust film ‘Life is Beautiful’ as one of his 4 favorites of all time
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Yiddish World From shtetl to synth: How Yiddish electronica found its rhythm
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Film & TV Is ‘Nuremberg’ the Holocaust movie we need right now?
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