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Film & TV
Why America was an easy mark for Nazi ideas
‘Nazi Town, USA’ explores how Nazi organizations flourished in the years before World War II
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Film & TV The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has made it onto ‘Law & Order’
The season opener of the ripped-from-the-headlines show sure managed to cram a lot of headlines in there
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In Mumbai, a 21-year-old street dancer finds an unlikely mentor in a 70-year-old Israeli ballet master
'Call Me Dancer' is a charming documentary about family, culture and friendship
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‘Pretty girls support Palestine’ and ‘Zionism is sexy’ — is sex appeal key to online war discourse?
Can being hot online really contribute to #freepalestine or #releasethehostages?
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Film & TV In ‘Delegation,’ Auschwitz and Majdanek provide the the backdrop for a mumblecore teen heritage tour
Asaf Saban’s film is an uneven look at Israeli high schoolers and the Holocaust
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Film & TV Have we finally discovered the real reason for Spinoza’s excommunication?
A documentary details how controversial ideas about God, Mosaic law and finances all may have played a role in the philosopher’s exile
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Books This novel is a glowing portrayal of Israel’s early days. Now it’s being ‘review-bombed’ on Goodreads
Author Talia Carner condemned critics who described her forthcoming novel, 'The Boy With the Star Tattoo,' as Israeli 'propaganda' — but she agrees that she's written a Zionist book
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Harvey Keitel, Jonah Hauer-King star in ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ a Holocaust love story coming to Peacock
The six-part series, based on a controversial bestseller of the same name, will start streaming May 2
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Film & TV ‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp says he’s been ‘misconstrued’ on Israel
Noah Schnapp, who drew outrage for appearing with a sticker saying ‘Zionism is sexy,’ hopes for coexistence
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Israeli soldiers are singing it in Gaza, and American Jews in shul: A Jewish song takes flight in crisis
How 'Acheinu' became a post-Oct. 7 rallying cry
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Russian authorities are calling the death of a prominent Jewish poet an ‘accident’ — his compatriots say it was an assassination
Lev Rubinstein spent his life in the shadow of antisemitism
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
In Case You Missed It
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Fast Forward A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.
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Fast Forward Boulder hostage-march firebombing suspect to plead guilty to state charges
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News Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why