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Books
The best Jewish books of 2023
Grab one (or several) of these new classics before the new year
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Why I am grateful to Ady Barkan — a man who always told it straight
The activist did not go quietly. In fact, his voice is still being heard.
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Masha Gessen will receive Hannah Arendt Prize after all, following controversy over Gaza essay
One critic claimed that Gessen’s New Yorker essay, in which they quoted Arendt, “is in clear contrast” to the philosopher
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Film & TV This documentary about American Jews and Israel has been canceled (and uncanceled) four times — and counting
'Israelism,' a documentary about young Jews critical of Israel, has landed at the center of campus antisemitism debates
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The Von Erich wrestling brothers, subjects of upcoming film ‘The Iron Claw,’ were huge in Israel
Many of those who grew up in Israel in the 1980s were big fans of the Texans who helped popularize pro wrestling
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ TV’s Jewiest comedy, to end after upcoming 12th season
"And so ‘Larry David,’ I bid you farewell," wrote the show's creator
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So what does ‘intifada’ actually mean?
Rep. Elise Stefanik equated 'intifada' with a call for genocide against Jews. So what does intifada really mean?
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If you thought her first bat mitzvah was trailblazing, wait till you hear about her second
At 83, Ruth Messinger stepped up to the bimah — just like she did 70 years ago
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Hip Israeli designers embrace Stars of David after Oct. 7
Sales of Judaica are skyrocketing around the world
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French crooner Charles Aznavour loved Jews. A new museum in Armenia will tell that story.
Delayed by war in Nagorno-Karabakh and other obstacles, the Aznavour museum will document how his family saved Jews in Paris during WWII
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Art After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace
The artist's new exhibition situates viewers in a big, diverse protest against the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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Holy Ground A Millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
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News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
In Case You Missed It
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Fast Forward Italian rapper Ghali’s planned Winter Olympics set draws backlash over his Gaza advocacy
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News After Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis, Jewish gun owners confront Second Amendment tensions
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Fast Forward IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate
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Yiddish פֿאָרווערטס פּאָדקאַסט, קאַפּיטל דרײַ: דער בית־עולםForverts podcast, episode three: The cemetery
הערט איין אַרטיקל וועגן פֿעלדמעסטן און אַ צווייטן וועגן די פֿאַרשידענע ווערטער פֿאַר „בית־עולם“
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