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Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
Though Dylan and Streisand's voices may seem ill-suited to each other, the two complement each other gorgeously on 'The Very Thought of You'
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Theater The 2023 Tonys love dead Jews (and some living ones)
‘Leopoldstadt,’ ‘Parade’ and Sondheim revivals pick up nominations
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Film & TV A new Miep Gies show hails Anne Frank’s protector — but ignores the collaborators
Though the Gieses risked their life to save Jews, 'A Small Light' looks away from the many citizens who did nothing
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Books So, what do we do with a monstrous, antisemitic man like Charles Dickens?
The case against the author goes far beyond one offensive character in 'Oliver Twist'
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Film & TV Why ‘Succession’ gave us a Holocaust meme
In ‘Living+’ the show reveals the billionaire class’ affinity for Nazi comparisons
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Coffee and cigarettes: An essay by Etgar Keret
On Israel, family and the value of a good cup of coffee
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Books How Harold Kushner overcame some of life’s disappointments to become a publishing juggernaut
The author of 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People' has died at the age of 88
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Books ‘When did you learn your grandfather was a Nazi?’ — Burkhard Bilger’s redemptive journey through a complex family history
In 'Fatherland,' the acclaimed New Yorker writer considers the case of an elementary schoolteacher named Karl Gönner
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What happens when medical protocols collide with Jewish values?
A rabbi looks at brain death, COVID quandaries and more in a new book about bioethics
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Books When we all met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria
Photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin reflects on the Jewish diner that shaped her as a Brooklynite and launched her artistic career
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Film & TV In a heart-wrenching film about life after the Holocaust, the makings of a taboo relationship
Set in Budapest, 'Those Who Remained' focuses on the friendship between a middle-aged man and a teenage girl
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Bintel Brief I’m Jewish — and my friend just asked me to help him dispose of Nazi memorabilia
The fine art of telling someone with good intentions that they have upset you
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