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Culture
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So you’re in an interfaith relationship. How should you navigate family disapproval?
The Forward talked to two multicultural couples and a therapist to get their advice for people in a similar boat
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Books How a master of understatement conjured up the horrors of the Shoah
Aharon Appelfeld's 'Poland, A Green Land' is a sort of fable set a generation after the fall of the Third Reich
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Why I decided to give my dog a ‘bark mitzvah’ — a report from Coco’s coming-of-age ceremony
The ritual reminds us of the joy animals bring to people's lives and the spiritual connection between man and beast
The Latest
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Books Books Briefing: A mysterious postcard illuminates a French family’s Holocaust history
Plus doppelgänger stories, new Jewish romance and a reboot of a Yiddish classic in this month's books newsletter
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‘Dirty Dancing’ and the Yiddish Camelot it captured
An illustrated deep dive into the 1987 film that brought the Jewish Catskills to the masses
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Theater ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick dies at 99
Harnick put words to Jewish life — past and present
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Director Mira Nair wanted an Indian ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ The result: ‘Monsoon Wedding, The Musical’
A theatrical adaptation of the hit film 'Monsoon Wedding' ends its run this weekend in Brooklyn
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Mark Schiff, Jerry Seinfeld’s longtime opening act, brings tefillin on tour
In a memoir, Schiff describes his path from from inauspicious beginnings to life as a working comedian alongside a bevy of generation-defining Jewish comics
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A Hulu horror movie influenced by the post-Holocaust pressure to have children
'Clock' tackles the weighty topic of how the Jewish community can pressure women to bear children as a means of avenging the Holocaust
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Theater Young Jews grapple with how to remember what some Holocaust survivors would rather forget
A new play explores the tension between a mandate to 'never forget' and the impossibility of remembering
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Film & TV Why a gripping new movie about the aftermath of a terrorist attack is personal for its director
After her brother survived 2015 Bataclan concert hall massacre, Alice Winocour wanted to tell a story of resilience and survival
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