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Culture
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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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Film & TV ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ revives the most authentic video of Bob Dylan ever
Legendary for his quick recording sessions, Dylan struggled a bit with ‘We Are the World’
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In Puerto Rico, memories of a forgotten terror attack loom over the present
Just across from Puerto Rico's capitol building, two memorials force the viewer to confront a harrowing past
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Film & TV When Carl Weathers dedicated a Torah scroll with Jerry Stiller
In a 1994 episode of ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ Weathers participated in a meaningful Jewish ritual
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‘Never has peace seemed so necessary and impossible’ — Eva Illouz on the horrors of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
In her work, the iconic Franco-Israeli sociologist strives to make the darkness visible
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How Arnold Schoenberg leapt into the future and created a new musical form
Known for being a cerebral theorist, the composer gave voice to human heartbreak
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Film & TV The real reason Larry David attacked Elmo
In an assault seen around the world, the ‘Curb’ star took on the ‘Sesame Street’ icon
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The oral history of ‘Palestinian Chicken,’ Larry David’s favorite episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The most Jewish episode of 'Curb' — and one of its most beloved — retold by the people who made it
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A new Israeli ad makes Gaza look like a Mediterranean paradise — what’s the goal?
Israel might look like it's rethinking its wartime public relations strategy. Not so fast
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Books The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.
A dogged researcher has so far identified 800 surviving books from a library thought burned during the Holocaust
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Film & TV The 18 most Jewish episodes of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Larry David’s HBO show, about to air its 12th and final season, has a lot to say about being Jewish
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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Looking Forward How a song about the food chain became a Seder mainstay
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Fast Forward Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media
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