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That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
It was a normal summer internship at the Yiddish Book Center ... until the Jedi invaded our turf
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Film & TV Why indie cinemas are embracing ‘No Other Land’ — even as US distributors are staying away
Though ‘No Other Land’ has been ignored by mainstream distributors, small cinemas in the US say that screening it has been a no-brainer
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Targeted by Trump for oblivion, the Voice of America once nurtured the dreams of Jews worldwide
Founded in 1942 to fight Nazi propaganda, the broadcaster won the hearts of listeners in dozens of languages
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BDS has denounced ‘No Other Land’ for ‘normalization’ – what does that actually mean?
The movement's statement condemning the Oscar winning documentary has stirred up confusion among the film's supporters.
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After more than 500 days of war, these dancers have been literally and figuratively climbing the walls
It is hard to avoid seeing our broken world in Batsheva Dance Company's enigmatic 'MOMO'
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Theater She was a teenage runaway, German rock star and Berlin leading lady — now she’s playing Leonard Bernstein
Helen Schneider will embody the maestro in the Off-Broadway play ‘Last Call’
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Theater A ‘dreadfully Jewish’ new play tells the story of a Grindr hookup gone awry
'As Time Goes By' explores modern gay male loneliness with humor, but is scant on Jewish themes
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Film & TV In a totally ludicrous hit Netflix show, the trope of the magic Mossad agent returns
Somehow, just when Robert De Niro needs them most, an Israeli spy is waiting in Netflix's 'Zero Day'
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Books Were these the funniest moments in more than 5,000 years of Jewish history?
Just in time for Purim, Rob Kutner girds his loins to deliver an irreverent history of 'The Jews'
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A six-step guide to making mishloach manot that don’t suck
Because the next Red Delicious apple I receive in a Purim basket will turn me into Haman.
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Debating a Jew, Trump supporters endorse America’s ‘European and Christian’ identity
Sam Seder debated Trump supporters over Nazi-adjacent ideology
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Books Two middle-aged women defied the Nazis. One ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other.
Matthew Goodman tells the true story of Kate Bonnefous and her Jewish friend Etta Shiber, who rescued Allied soldiers trapped in France under the Nazi occupation
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