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First Person
What our son’s short life taught us about faith and tradition
We’re Jewish, but found strength in other's prayers — from Rama to rugby
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Theater This Purim play features Henry Ford, Eastern Parkway tunnels and Marjorie Taylor Greene
Director David Herskovits talks ‘Remember This Trick,’ his new theater piece about antisemitism
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Israelis love photos of triumphant soldiers in Gaza. Everyone else? Not so much
Wholesome photos of soldiers eating in Gazan kitchens did not go over as well in English as they did in Hebrew
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Books An effort to track antisemitism in the literary world launches amid widespread anti-Israel sentiment there
Mayim Bialik, Brett Gelman, Gabrielle Zevin and Sarah Maas are among the Jewish creatives caught up in recent literary Israel controversies
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A new book asks readers to understand Spinoza through cancel culture
Ian Buruma’s biography of the philosopher paints a vivid picture of the Netherlands of the 17th century, but ruins it with some talk of today
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Hippie, hero, traitor, spy — the baffling legacy of Jonathan Pollard
A documentary series tries to shed light on the many contradictions of the man who spied on America for Israel
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From a Jewish home in Queens to ‘Sesame Street,’ Broadway, ‘Succession’ and ‘Job’
Fresh from completing four seasons as vice-chairman of Waystar Royco, Peter Friedman is starring in an Off-Broadway thriller
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Film & TV In the music of Bob Marley, a deep connection to Judaism
Marley, whose biopic debuts this week, long claimed Jewish ancestry
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It happened one flight: The Israeli love affair that changed my life
My heady Haifa romance couldn't last. But it made me relate to Israel in a whole new way
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A Yiddish institution will discuss Hamas — many in the Yiddish world say they’re promoting propaganda
The YIVO webinar ‘The Origins and Ideology of Hamas’ exposed a rift in the Yiddish world. Its CEO says critics have too narrow an idea of their mission
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The 99-year-old Jewish bomber pilot, my father, Amelia Earhart and me
A chance encounter in Riverside Park led to a friendship between a journalist and an elderly aviator
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