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Culture
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Survivors of the Hamas massacre are suffering from trauma — meet the therapist helping them work through it
Therapist Lisa Fliegel's experiences with the Boston Marathon bombing and inner-city homicide prepared her for Israel
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Books In her forthcoming book, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she donates to help reconstruct the biblical Temple
The Georgia congresswoman explains the donations in a chapter that she hopes will clarify her 'Jewish space lasers' comments
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A new book remembers Marty Glickman, the Jewish broadcasting icon famously benched at the Berlin Olympics
Yeshiva University’s Jeffrey Gurock examines the life and career of the voice of New York sports
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For Vivian Silver, whom we failed — remembering a lighthouse of a human being
There has never been anyone remotely like Vivian Silver, a woman who never surrendered
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Why has Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ gone viral on TikTok?
TikTokers are posting about the 'mind-opening letter' that justifies terrorism through US support for Israel
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Theater In Germany, they were superstars — and then the Nazis came to power
'Harmony,' Barry Manilow's musical about the Comedian Harmonists, is a sometimes-labored labor of love
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Film & TV Talmudic debates, space bar mitzvahs and Frank Miller’s Jewish plans for Superman
The JewCE Jewish comic convention saw over 400 enthusiasts flock to the Center for Jewish History
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Bernie Sanders finds a new role in the Senate — Jewish summer camp counselor
The longtime pacifist chastised a senator and a Teamster
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Who is John Hagee, the Christian Zionist pastor who spoke at the March for Israel?
Hagee, who has made numerous antisemitic statements in the past, runs the largest Christian lobby for Israel
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In Paris, a march against antisemitism draws wide support — even, some might say, from antisemites
Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National party drew more than a few raised eyebrows as they marched against antisemitism
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Music That Bob Dylan album everybody hated 50 years ago is actually better than you’d think
Though not a masterpiece, 1973's 'Dylan' is at heart, just a collection of good-time jams
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Sports Memes, mashiach and ‘Torah-cyclopedias’ put a Jewish twist on the Knicks’ title chase
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