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A Jewish voice demanding liberty, equality and fraternity — in France and in Texas — has been silenced
Robert Badinter, the eloquent public servant who oversaw the abolition of the death penalty, has died at 95
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Theater In play after play, artists keep asking the Jewish question to which there is no answer
From 'Diary of Anne Frank' to 'Leopoldstadt,' 'Our Class' and 'Prayer for the French Republic,' a struggle to explain the scourge of antisemitism
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Film & TV In this oddball Netflix documentary about a Jew-ish cult, Israel will welcome space aliens and Jesus was a clone
The Raëlian cult believes an alien race known as the Elohim may soon land their spaceship in Israel
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Sex tips from the Talmud, just in time for Valentine’s Day
Valentine may have been a saint, but passion was alive and well before Christianity
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Books What we keep getting wrong about the Holocaust
In his 'Unfinished History,' Dan Stone argues that it was not an exclusively German project, but a 'continent-wide crime'
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In a Jewish art dealer’s Paris apartment, a jaw-dropping collection of 20th-century masterworks
The Picasso Museum attempts to re-create the home of Léonce Rosenberg, dealer for Picasso, Léger, Ernst and scads more
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These matzo ball soup dumplings taught me to stop worrying and enjoy Asian-Jewish fusion food
Jeremy Dean's viral mashup is as genius as it is irreverent
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‘Blazing Saddles’ marks a half-century of hilarity — and controversy
Released 50 years ago this week, Mel Brooks’ film broke Hollywood taboos while skewering racism
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Music Was Taylor Swift supposed to say ‘Free Palestine’ at the Grammys?
Annie Lennox did, and people are mad that the influential pop star has been silent
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A treasure trove of manuscripts sheds light on the history of Jews in Yemen
The National Library of Israel has acquired the world's largest collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts
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Critics slammed Harvard’s antisemitism czar for his new book. He says he’s been misunderstood
Derek Penslar's latest book examines Zionist history through the emotions that shaped the movement
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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Fast Forward Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media
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