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When Jews really did wage a ‘war on Christmas’
A new book recalls the “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906,” when immigrants fought for the separation of church and state in public schools
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This Jesus horror movie could have used more heresy
Critics worried 'The Carpenter's Son' would be blasphemous but it hews to orthodox interpretations
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Film & TV Her parents fled Mexico and Mandatory Palestine, taking their traumas with them
In the documentary ‘Traces of Home,’ Colette Ghunim grapples with the burdens she hoped she'd never have to face
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Looking Forward So, there was a swastika at my Airbnb
The way Indians handle the Nazi appropriation of a sacred symbol could be a lesson for Jews
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Books Esteemed by Oscar Wilde, England’s ‘greatest Jewess’ may finally be getting her due
A recent acquisition by Cambridge University will burnish the reputation of Victorian Jewish writer Amy Levy
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Film & TV The cheesy way to do teshuvah
‘The Big Cheese’ follows an American team vying for dairy gold in Europe
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Is the movie ‘Nuremberg’ about the wrong psychiatrist?
The movie stars Rami Malek as the psychiatrist Douglas Kelley — but what about Leon Goldensohn?
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Film & TV At Grossinger’s in the Catskills, Jews learned how to be American
'We Met at Grossinger's' provides an in-depth look at one of the Borscht Belt's most famous resorts
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A young Muslim woman moved in with a 96-year-old Jewish actress – and it was bashert
A pair of unlikely roommates share Yiddish, baklava and life lessons
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Film & TV Amy Goodman has been a fearless journalist for more than four decades; she says her Jewish roots made her that way
The documentary ‘Steal This Story, Please!’ shows Goodman’s journey to co-founding ‘Democracy Now!’ and her plans to keep fighting censorship
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Film & TV Is ‘Nuremberg’ the Holocaust movie we need right now?
A new film focuses on the relationship between Hermann Goering and his psychiatrist, Douglass Kelley
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