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Apparently, tefillin are sexy — why do you think that is?
Maybe it's the godliness, maybe it's the leather
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Overwhelmed planning a shiva? Here’s how to ask for help
‘If anyone asks you what they can do, don’t feel you’re being polite by saying ‘Oh, nothing’’
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Billboards urge people to convert to Christianity — but can they make antisemites see the light?
An old-fashioned form of advertising has become the go-to for religious causes. Why?
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75 years ago, Israel gained independence. How did the media cover it?
We surveyed the front pages of papers at home and abroad to learn how the world understood Israel’s founding
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Ben Shapiro called Bernie Sanders a ham sandwich — what kind of sandwich would he be?
Meticulously kosher but entirely out of step with Jewish tradition, the Shapiro sandwich is a hot mess
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What was Anne Frank doing in a Jewish rapper’s quest to go viral?
Her cameo in the third season of 'Dave' makes an impression, but may leave viewers confused
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Books In Berlin, the Nazis burned Freud and Fitzgerald. Now Florida’s banning Eric Carle and Margaret Atwood
I went to Berlin to commemorate the 1933 book burnings. But all I could think about was the books banned at home today
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Books Descendants of Holocaust perpetrators are writing about their history — what can we learn from them?
Writing about their Nazi heritage, journalists Burkhard Bilger, Linda Kinstler and Géraldine Schwarz showcase a new kind of Holocaust testimony
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These Jewish Eurovision songs are terrible. Listen to them anyway
For every awful song, there's a moment when nothing else works
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Film & TV A new Nazi revenge film from Finland is called ‘Sisu’ – is that Finnish for ‘chutzpah’?
The movie glosses over Finland’s complicated World War II history — but that shouldn’t keep you away
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First Person I lost my mother after Mother’s Day. Five years later, she talked to me
On impulse, I silently said, “Mom?” And she responded.
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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Opinion I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together.
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Opinion Why a concert hall should be the last place for a protest — particularly an antisemitic one like this
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News Indiana University removed its Jewish studies director. His replacement has ignited a firestorm over Israel.
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Opinion Settlers torched a West Bank mosque — and the milquetoast Israeli mainstream response won’t suffice
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Culture This Jesus horror movie could have used more heresy
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Film & TV Her parents fled Mexico and Mandatory Palestine, taking their traumas with them
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Looking Forward So, there was a swastika at my Airbnb
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