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Culture
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No, the Israel-Hamas war is not a diet plan, or any other marketing gimmick
Maybe not everything needs to be connected to the news. Just a thought.
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Books The ‘Hanukkah Erotica Book Club’ aims to connect Jews — with romance novels
But there is no erotica and sometimes no Hanukkah in the Hanukkah Erotica Book Club
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Music Why the No. 1 song in Israel represents a radical shift in Israeli pop music
Ness and Stilla's hawkish anthem 'Harbu Darbu' stands in contrast to Israeli music's traditionally peaceful tone
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The most Jewish moments from Barbra Streisand’s memoir
From her marriage to Elliot Gould to her love of knishes
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: No one in my office seems to care about the war or its effect on me
Before you quit, try talking to your supervisor about how you feel
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Words matter, which is why we need to call Oct. 7 a ‘pogrom’
Calling the Hamas attacks a 'pogrom' does not mean they are the same as what happened in Russia in 1903
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Art A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paint
The ever-evolving impressionist Camille Pissarro is the subject of Anka Muhlstein's latest book
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Debate rages over whether a letter from an Israeli hostage to her Hamas captors is a fake. But does it matter?
Danielle Aloni's letter describing her captors' kindness is only the latest in a debate over morality in the war
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Film & TV In ‘Rustin,’ a ‘deputy’ civil rights leader finally gets his due
Organizer of 1963 March on Washington inspired countless others, including Jewish marchers this month
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Henry Kissinger: ‘If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.’
The former secretary of state was remarkable for his longevity — his policy record was another matter
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Why Siskel & Ebert were the Talmudic scholars of their day
As a new book explains, the film critics famously disagreed, but never disparaged
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