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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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Were young American Jews lied to about Israel? A new documentary says yes
In 'Israelism,' American Jewish kids play IDF games at summer camp
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The publisher of an iconic newspaper is living Black (and Jewish) history
Elinor Tatum carries on the storied legacy of the New York Amsterdam News
The Latest
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FIRST PERSON I sat next to Richard Belzer in Hebrew school — and it was a hoot
He made off-color jokes, cast himself as the serpent in Eden and kept me giggling all the way to my bat mitzvah
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Theater After neo-Nazis rallied at a Broadway show, Jews in theater gathered to respond
In a Times Square rehearsal studio, Jewish theater makers shared fears and hopes for the future
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The real story behind Sammy Davis Jr.’s conversion to Judaism
Jewish comedians made racist jokes about him. Some Black audiences booed him. But his faith was genuine
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Film & TV The greatest film about France in World War II is also a blistering critique of filmmaking
Marcel Ophüls’ ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ lays bear the horrors (and delights) of its own medium
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BINTEL BRIEF We plan to raise our son Jewish, but I’m opposed to circumcision for medical and moral reasons
A Reform Jew wonders how to honor tradition as well as their own sense of what is right
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Books DeSantis boasts of groundwork on the Jerusalem embassy move in new book
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis assails ‘America’s bureaucratic elites’ for predicting it would lead to massive conflict
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Sports Why does soccer music sound so Jewish?
When the music at the stadium isn't the National Anthem, chances are a Jewish songwriter had something to do with it
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YIVO to digitize millions of documents from Jewish Labor Bund
The effort will make countless artifacts available for the first time
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Walter Mosley talks about his latest book — and his Jewish mother
His book is about a Black ex-cop investigating a white nationalist. His mom is an abiding influence on his worldview
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