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Culture
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The towering Jewish critic who taught me to grok art and hate Picasso
After Max Kozloff died at 91, a New York community came together to remember and to mourn
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Film & TV Your official Purim drinking game for Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’
A handy, holiday guide for Jewish streamers
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Art Born centuries apart, these artists embody the heroic spirit of Purim
Judy Chicago and Artemisia Gentileschi did not share a religion, but they are united by a common goal
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A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’
Jewish literature and American studies scholar Jeremy Dauber centers Jewish identity in a new biography of the director and actor
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Was a Jewish soldier the only man to get out of the Alamo alive?
Louis Moses Rose: Coward or survivor? Fact or fiction? Jewish … or not?
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Film & TV I watched 6 Christian Purim movies so you wouldn’t have to
Esther's story is a very Jewish one, but Christians have made more movies about it
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A Rube Goldberg machine comes to life — literally — in a new dance piece
Choreographer Jody Oberfelder’s latest theatrical movement-based work, 'Rube G. — the Consequence of Action,' draws upon the Jewish inventor’s ideas
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‘Keeping up with the Cohens’ — how did Purim baskets get so stressful?
Mishloach manot have become increasingly extravagant and competitive
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BINTEL BRIEF Seeking a Jewish community that welcomes queer and interfaith folks — but isn’t anti-Israel
Bintel has lots of ideas. Let us gently push you into the shallow end of the pool
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Books Keep a ton of notebooks? Mazel tov: You’re part of an old Jewish tradition
The Jewish respect for the printed word is well reflected in the adage: a Jewish thief steals only books.
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‘She felt so real to me’: Four young actors on how playing Anne Frank changed their lives
In Minnesota, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina, one story continues to exert a pull over the people who tell it
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‘History of the World, Part II’ is a Mel Brooks comedy without much Mel Brooks — and that’s a good thing
The star-studded Hulu series has a Brooksian sensibility, but fresher jokes
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