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Music
Viral Israeli Simon & Garfunkel parody calls on right-wing politicians to ‘Get Out of Here’
Little-known children’s musicians get traction with blunt lyrics
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In a new track, Kanye explains why he can’t be antisemitic
In his first new music since his antisemitism scandal, the rapper musters a less-than-compelling defense
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: Should I sign onto an open letter calling for a cease-fire?
A checklist to help you think through signing anything to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Cancel culture comes for a documentary about Jews critical of Israel
'Israelism' exposes attempts to control the narrative about Israel. Now those same forces are coming for the film
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Survivors of the Hamas massacre are suffering from trauma — meet the therapist helping them work through it
Therapist Lisa Fliegel's experiences with the Boston Marathon bombing and inner-city homicide prepared her for Israel
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Books In her forthcoming book, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she donates to help reconstruct the biblical Temple
The Georgia congresswoman explains the donations in a chapter that she hopes will clarify her 'Jewish space lasers' comments
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A new book remembers Marty Glickman, the Jewish broadcasting icon famously benched at the Berlin Olympics
Yeshiva University’s Jeffrey Gurock examines the life and career of the voice of New York sports
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For Vivian Silver, whom we failed — remembering a lighthouse of a human being
There has never been anyone remotely like Vivian Silver, a woman who never surrendered
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Why has Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ gone viral on TikTok?
TikTokers are posting about the 'mind-opening letter' that justifies terrorism through US support for Israel
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Theater In Germany, they were superstars — and then the Nazis came to power
'Harmony,' Barry Manilow's musical about the Comedian Harmonists, is a sometimes-labored labor of love
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Film & TV Talmudic debates, space bar mitzvahs and Frank Miller’s Jewish plans for Superman
The JewCE Jewish comic convention saw over 400 enthusiasts flock to the Center for Jewish History
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