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Culture
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Long before the blockbuster movie, Barbie taught me how to embrace Judaism — and celebrate Yom Kippur
A 2005 documentary showed me that the history of Barbie and the history of American Jews are weirdly connected
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Theater In stories told through puppets, haunting tales of generational trauma
With 'Paper Cut,' Israeli artist Yael Rasooly has found a way to heal herself — and her audiences
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The secret Jewish history of the Grateful Dead
The group, led by Jerry Garcia, inspired 'Jews for Jerry' and 'Blues for Challah.'
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Finally, her quest for restitution from Germany succeeded — but at what psychological cost?
In 'Summons to Berlin,' Joanne Intrator recounts a grueling journey to receive compensation
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On Twitter, Nazis have free speech — but Elon Musk’s critics face censorship
Twitter's parent company has threatened a defamation suit against a nonprofit researching the rise of hate speech on the platform
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Film & TV Paul Reubens, son of a founding Israeli Air Force pilot and father of Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70
The comedian known for his signature character had been battling cancer
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‘No one’s going to be perfect:’ Your children grieve too — here’s how to help them
Erin Silver, author of the award-winning childrens' book 'Sitting Shiva' talks about including children in rituals of grief and mourning
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Piers Morgan grills woman about her viral anti-Jewish song. It was a great reminder that you shouldn’t argue with idiots
The journalist invited Hannah Pearl Davis to elaborate — it didn’t go well
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BINTEL BRIEF An online friend didn’t realize their remark was antisemitic — but didn’t apologize. Am I wrong to want more?
Understanding has to cut both ways, but it's hard to figure out what that looks like
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Film & TV For Ed Asner, a posthumous triumph in a less-than-triumphant final film
The actor delivers a bravura performance as a Holocaust survivor in 'The Tiger Within'
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Film & TV How (and why) did a Bollywood movie make Auschwitz into a lesson on romance?
A new Indian movie takes a tour of the Holocaust sites for unusual reasons
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Yiddish רבנישע כּתבֿים ווײַזן אומגעריכטע פֿאַרבינדונגען צווישן ייִדיש און לאַדינאָRabbinical texts reveal surprising links between Yiddish and Ladino
לויט אַ נײַ בוך פֿאָרשונגען האָבן טראַדיציאָנאַליסטן אין ביידע עדות געהאַלטן, אַז ייִדן מוזן אָפּהיטן זייער גערעדט לשון
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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