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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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Film & TV Sarah Silverman’s new special is her best argument yet for loving Jews (with digestive issues)
In HBO’s ‘Someone You Love,’ the comic may charm skeptics tired of her sanctimony
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BINTEL BRIEF My kid’s being bullied, antisemitism is involved and the school won’t help. What do I do?
Bintel says there's nothing worse than feeling like you can't protect your child. But don't despair — we've got lots of advice
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Books Martin Buber’s ‘I and Thou’ inspired Martin Luther King and Allen Ginsberg — can it still speak to us today?
The 100-page book was more than a bestseller; it became a manifesto for existence
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Everything you need to know about cheese for Shavuot (including how to make a killer cheesecake)
Why on this day of all other days are we encouraged to eat feta, cream cheese and various dairy desserts?
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Theater A neglected Jewish pioneer is having her say — this time in a musical
‘Double Helix’ tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, DNA and life itself
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In praise (and defense) of Elie Wiesel, who spoke with ‘the aura of a prophet’
Concisely chronicling the life and legacy of the Nobel laureate, Joseph Berger's new biography is an indispensable touchstone
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Art To be a Jew in Berlin is to be a stranger in an all-too-familiar land
Jason Langer's photographs confront the contradictions of ordinary life playing out on sites of mass murder
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How one man’s photographic memory helped preserve the music of the Nazi camps
Aleksander Kulisiewicz survived Sachsenhausen and went on to create a jaw-dropping archive
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Film & TV Daveed Diggs is playing a crab — is that kosher?
The Jewish star of 'Hamilton' and 'Blindspotting' voices Sebastian in the live action 'Little Mermaid'
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Books Jewish writers not only inspired Martin Amis — they made him want to become part of the family
Enamored of Roth, Mailer and Singer, the English writer viewed Saul Bellow as a sort of father figure
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Music On Paul Simon’s dark night of the soul, he wants it darker — much darker
The 81-year-old artist's latest album, 'Seven Psalms,' confronts mortality with honesty and just a bit of humor
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