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Culture
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Robert Kraft’s new Super Bowl ad about antisemitism already feels dated
The ‘Sticky Note’ ad may not stick the landing on stopping Jew hate
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The Muppets are my rabbi, and they should be yours
Can a tutu-clad felt armadillo be a bastion of wisdom? Absolutely.
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Film & TV In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict
A new PBS series on Black and Jewish relations shows the promise and peril of allyship
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Film & TV When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel
The ‘Schitt’s Creek’ actress, who died at 71, once gave a riotous turn as an actress playing a Southern Jewish matriarch
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Film & TV Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it
The documentary covers the grandmaster’s barrier-breaking career and sidelines a key piece of where she came from
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Theater Could this be the most Jewish musical that never admits its own Jewishness?
A new production of 'Oliver!' featuring Simon Lipkin as Fagin brings back the sounds and rhythms of a Friday night dinner table
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Books 24 visions of Leonard Cohen, no clear picture of who he was
'The World of Leonard Cohen’ compares the mythologies of the musician and poet
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So many Jewish stars in this comedy, so few chances for them to shine
'Fantasy Life,' Matthew Shear's directorial debut, features Amanda Peet, Bob Balaban, Zosia Mamet, Judd Hirsch and more
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Could a video game help combat antisemitism on college campuses?
Julia Sebastien wants her PC game, 'StrangeLand,' to become a sort of guide to Jewish life on campus
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Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
The Association of Jewish Libraries announces its Sydney Taylor Book Awards for 2026
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A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
'And That’s True Too' traces the New Yorker writer’s arc from Kindertransport to Manhattan, where she dazzled with her novels, short stories and children’s books
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