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Culture
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Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
Though Dylan and Streisand's voices may seem ill-suited to each other, the two complement each other gorgeously on 'The Very Thought of You'
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Film & TV Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz
In 'Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On,' the author and PBS host leads an intimate journey into the humanity and inhumanity of the Shoah
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Hidden in a famous WWII photo, two heroic Jewish stories
The Elbe Day picture captured American and Russian armies uniting against the Nazis — and cemented two Jewish soldiers in history
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How this Marc Chagall painting explains Pope Francis’ soul
The late pope's favorite painting was a reaction to the horrors of the Nazi regime
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In Pope Francis, a voice for interfaith dialogue and against antisemitism
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, the Pope cited Jewish theologians and psychoanalysts as influences
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How an Israeli dance company shaped a Catholic school boy’s life
Choreographer Billy Barry had barely heard of Israeli dance company Batsheva — until it changed his life
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How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’
Jewish entrepreneur Ari Siegel secured a $250,000 investment on the show for his business, History By Mail
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Books What is ‘Zionism without Zion?’ New history asks, but can’t answer
In ‘Melting Point’, Rachel Cockerell provides lots of historical sources, but little insight into what they’re saying
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In the new Fantastic Four trailer, a glimpse of Yancy Street’s Yiddishkeit
Keep your eyes peeled in the new movie for challahs and tikkun olam
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‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’
The Iraqi-born actor, who plays the Yiddish-speaking Nuhem, has reprised the role for a prequel series titled 'Kugel'
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Film & TV How the Hebrew Bible helped me write He-Man (and a Salvation Army special)
The man who developed 'Masters of the Universe' explains Eternia's undersung Yiddishkeit
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Actor Ben Platt says his Jewish identity is ‘not defined’ by Israel, showing a gap between him and his influential family
Platt’s comments are his first on the topic since early in the Israel-Hamas war
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News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
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Opinion Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go
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News What a Mayor Mamdani would mean for New York Jews
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Opinion Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement
In Case You Missed It
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Books This graphic history of Jerusalem is a big hit. But its Jews have hooked noses
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Culture Is now really the best time for a cutesy Jewish summer camp movie?
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Fast Forward Australia cancels Kanye West’s visa over controversial ‘Heil Hitler’ song: ‘We don’t need that in Australia’
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Yiddish טשיקאַוועסן: האָספּיץ־וואָלונטירס פֿונדאַציע שענקט שפּײַזקאַרטלעך צו אָרעמע פּאַציענטןTidbits: Hospice volunteer’s foundation donates grocery gift cards to poor patients
במשך פֿון זיבן יאָר האָט דזשעף לויִס אַוועקגעגעבן צען טויזנט שפּײַזקאַרטלעך.
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