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Culture
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Has the Jewish joke become an endangered species — Òu sont les blagues d’antan?
In 'The Last Jewish Joke,' eminent Parisian sociologist Michel Wieviorka laments the passing of an era in Jewish humor
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Books A bespectacled, Jewish hypochondriac with literary pretensions and a creepy fascination with his stepson’s girlfriend — Guess who?
Woody Allen's debut novel 'What's with Baum' has been done better before — by Woody Allen
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Film & TV Why Alana Haim wears a Star of David in ‘One Battle After Another’
Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic is a vibrant cross section of the America that makes white nationalists mad
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Books How Philip Roth invented a myth called ‘Philip Roth’
In 'Philip Roth: Stung by Life,' biographer Steven J. Zipperstein reveals the truth behind the rebellious character the author created
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In Boston, a klezmer musician is plotting a Jewish musical revolution
Nat Seelen, founder of The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music, aims to popularize a new generation of Jewish musicians
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Film & TV In the last months of her life, this Palestinian photojournalist captured resilience in Gaza
‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk’ documents Fatma Hassona’s fight to hold onto hope
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Film & TV Linda Lavin’s final role is also one of her most Jewish
Lavin, who died last December at 87, plays a grandmother in 'One Big Happy Family'
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Film & TV We lived through Oct. 7. Now we can do it again on TV — but why?
Two new shows recreating survivors' experiences are dropping on the second anniversary of Hamas' attack
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A 91-year-old Jewish comedian walked into a pub — and out with my heart
Antisemitism is on the upswing. D’yan Forest isn’t daunted.
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Music ‘Kavalier & Clay’ could be a Jewish-American ‘Ring Cycle’ — what would Richard Wagner think of it?
The adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel traces a uniquely American mythology
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Gary Shteyngart reflects on his botched bris in a new short film
The Jewish author opens up about his pain in “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong,” a 20-minute documentary from The New Yorker
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