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Culture
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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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Theater In ‘The Doctor,’ a thought experiment about antisemitism goes awry
A Jewish doctor sets off a scandal of identity politics in this new play at the Park Avenue Armory
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Film & TV The real story buried in the Disney+ Stan Lee documentary
The film overplays the Marvel editor’s contributions — and downplays his Jewishness
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Film & TV In a searing new Israeli drama, a classroom dispute explodes into Greek tragedy
'The Lesson,' now on ChaiFlicks, stars Doron Ben David of 'Fauda' and Maya Landsman
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Through the eyes of a 102-year-old photographer, memories of a past full of adventure
Al Leff came from a poor, immigrant family in Brooklyn. The U.S. Army and a camera opened up a whole new world for him.
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Books ‘My Friend Anne Frank’ tells the incredible story of how Anne’s best friend survived the Holocaust
Against all odds, Hannah Pick-Goslar and Anne Frank were reunited briefly at Bergen-Belsen, the camp where Anne died
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Film & TV Did Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ ever get its one Jewish character right?
In season one, Ben Gross was an amalgamation of Jewish stereotypes. By the final season, things got more nuanced
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Film & TV Why the filmmaker who launched 1,000 mushroom trips is trying to create a gratitude movement
The ‘Fantastic Fungi’ director, and son of survivors, wants you to appreciate the ‘little things'
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To some free speech advocates, he was a hero; to Richard Nixon, he was an ‘arrogant intellectual Jew’
Daniel Ellsberg, famous for the 'Pentagon Papers,' has died at 92
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Film & TV In the story of a beleaguered Red Sox fan, David Duchovny may have crafted a perfect Jewish Father’s Day movie
'Bucky F--ng Dent' is a heartfelt family drama based on the actor and director's novel
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A pitch clock is shortening baseball games. What if synagogues did the same?
These ‘nu’ rules are intended to speed up services
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At ‘The Roast of Antisemitism,’ who gets the last laugh?
In a night to 'fight back,' comedians played it safe
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