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How two Normans — Jewison and Lear — changed this Oscar-winning actress’ life
After spending 12 years on the blacklist, Lee Grant found her path back to the screen through collaborations with Jewison and Lear
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Five things to know about Jon Stewart’s Jewish mother
Marian Leibowitz has had a big influence on her famous and funny son
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How fast does TikTok send users down the antisemitic rabbit hole?
TikTok feeds its users videos with little input. What makes it feed them antisemitism?
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: My husband doesn’t think Israel has the right to exist — and I’ve never felt more Jewish
Is our marriage doomed?
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Can Jews still embrace Rembrandt — even if his love for the Jewish people is only a myth?
As a new volume attests, the Dutch painter's philosemitic reputation may have been greatly exaggerated
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Politics Jon Stewart is coming back to ‘The Daily Show’ — will his old audience follow?
Stewart shepherded the news comedy program through peak relevance, but can he handle the competition?
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Books And the winners of the 73rd National Jewish Book Awards are…
Jeremy Eichler’s “Time’s Echo” and James McBride’s “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” were among the winners of National Jewish Book Awards for 2023
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‘An ethereal presence’: An artist gives the women of the old Lower East Side new life
At the Eldridge Street Synagogue, artist Adrienne Ottenberg pays homage to turn-of-the-century Jewish women
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In a universe of rigid rules and unsanctioned passions, everyone’s a heretic
Jay Michaelson rewrote his debut short story collection — multiple times — before deciding it was ready to enter the world
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Film & TV What if Oscar voters pick Bradley Cooper’s nose?
Now that the nominees are out, it’s time to once more consider the controversial prosthetic
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Books Auschwitz would seem an unlikely backdrop for a love affair, yet this is a true story
Keren Blankfeld's 'Lovers in Auschwitz' tells of the relationship between David Wisnia and Helen Spitzer
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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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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