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Culture
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Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than you’d know from ‘Maestro’
The composer and conductor's Judaism is core to his music, and his life
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There’s more to Madonna’s Jewish story than just Kabbalah and social media posts about Israel
The pop star was exposed to Judaism from an early age and studied with a choreographer whose work was infused with Jewish themes
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Finally, an event to honor the only American Girl doll who eats challah and owns a samovar
The Museum of Jewish Heritage held a meet-up for owners of Rebecca Rubin, an American Girl doll with a Jewish immigrant story — and accessories to match
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An Israeli artist poses a bold question — what if Othello wasn’t at the center of ‘Othello’
Tel Aviv-based artist Hilla Ben Ari reimagines 'The Moor's Pavane' by focusing on the key women characters
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Norman Lear changed my life — and he changed America too
TV can be divided into two testaments — Before Norman and After Norman
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Art ‘I have my own planet’: An Argentine Jewish artist makes a psychedelic, exuberant US debut
The Jewish Museum’s latest exhibit, ‘Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte!,’ is a joyful survey of a 1960s icon
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Art Can art help us process the atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7?
In different ways and in different eras, the work of three artists imagines the unimaginable
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Film & TV How a sly Jewish playwright wrote ‘the Citizen Kane of horror movies’
Despite unassuming beginnings, Anthony Shaffer's 'Wicker Man' has become a cult film of gargantuan proportions
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: I’m in college, and I refuse to choose between #standwithIsrael and #freePalestine
Polarization is a strategy, not an inevitability. We can choose solidarity with two peoples
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Two Holocaust survivors, reunited after 80 years apart, tell their tale in a new short documentary
A Manhattan museum screens “Jack and Sam,” about Polish Jews who met in a labor camp and reconnected in their 90s
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Hallmark’s newest Hanukkah movie makes fun of Hallmark holiday movies
'Round and Round' knows Hallmark movies are formulaic, and it gets kind of meta — in a good way
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