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Culture
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A methuselah of Chardonnay? A solomon of Champagne? How big wine bottles got so biblical
Why are large-format wine sizes all named after kings from the bible?
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Film & TV Eroticism and faith merge in a haunting TV series about a married rabbi and a troubled young woman
For all its implausibilities, Rama Burshtein-Shai's 'Fire Dance' makes for compelling television
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Film & TV In a gripping documentary, a synagogue welcomes the stranger by taking in a migrant family
‘All We Carry’ tells the story of Honduran refugees and the Jewish community who sponsored them
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Rock bands love provocative names. Is ‘The Jews’ a step too far?
HaYehudim, an Israeli rock band, recently had a performance canceled due to their name
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The exodus story you know ‘All Too Well’ gets retold in new Taylor Swift haggadah
Get ready for Passover (Taylor’s version)
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Music Beyoncé’s ode to Levi’s Jeans is giving the brand a moment
Levi’s was founded in 1853 by a German-Jewish immigrant
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In a Christian Nationalist surveillance state, the few remaining Jews struggle to survive
Deborah Zoe Laufer's 'The Last Yiddish Speaker' envisions a dystopian future for America
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Film & TV In ‘Curb’ finale, Larry David defends his life — but has he learned his lesson?
Echoing the last episode of ‘Seinfeld,’ the sitcom shows it wasn’t about nothing after all
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Why ‘tragedy’ is not the right word to describe the deadly strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy
Tragedy, as Iris Murdoch informed us, obscures the nature of real events
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Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ premieres on HBO and Max, with Jewish identity and antisemitism again in the spotlight
Edelman said the past six months have affected the way audiences, particularly Jewish viewers, receive the show
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Elliot Gould, Joaquin Phoenix, Ilana Glazer, 150+ Jewish creatives sign open letter backing Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech
The letter follows a different open letter criticizing Glazer, who used his speech to criticize Israel and “dehumanization”
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
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Fast Forward A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language
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Fast Forward Jewish library and Chabad near Buenos Aires attacked, Argentine Jewish advocates say
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Fast Forward Cornell’s Jewish president clashes with students following on-campus debate about Israel
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Fast Forward U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech