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BINTEL BRIEF
Readers respond to our advice on bullying, sluttiness, retirement, Nazi memorabilia and more
Your turn: Here's what you thought of recent Bintel columns, including one from a woman who sat shiva for a living sister and another on interrupting
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Books Gifted to a bar mitzvah boy in 1936, a rescued book reunited two families. What other stories do Nazi-looted books tell?
The National Library of Israel wants to take a closer look at 35,000 books in its collection that had been stolen by the Nazis
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Film & TV The Emmy nominees make a solid case for supporting striking writers and actors
‘Fleishman,’ ‘Maisel’ and other Jewish shows are up for big wins
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Music For one Jewish rock ’n’ roll legend, loving Sandy Koufax and R.E.M. is not a contradiction
With The Baseball Project supergroup, Steve Wynn has found a way to embrace his two passions
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My boyfriend made me into an AI bot. It’s really, really Jewish
Can ChatGPT be a Jewish woman?
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Before Google, before Wikipedia, this DIY almanac shaped a Jewish generation
Even if you've never heard of 'The Jewish Catalog,' which turns 50 this year, it probably changed your life.
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Film & TV Elie Wiesel reviewed ‘Oppenheimer’ — and it made him shudder
In 1969 the author of ‘Night’ was shaken by a play about the father of the atom bomb
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What do you do with a Jewish cemetery in a town without Jews?
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, once had a thriving Jewish community. What happened when their dead were left in one woman’s care?
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Jonah Hill’s therapy-speak exposes the dark side of the Nice Jewish Boy
The drama surrounding Hill's ex-girlfriend reveals the way therapy-speak is dangerous
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Film & TV Alan Arkin and the three pillars of Judaism
Though not an observant Jew, the actor embodied more than a few Jewish values
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Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained
One of the most anticipated blockbuster movies in recent years takes on the doll with a uniquely American Jewish story
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