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Film & TV
The secret Jewish history of ‘American Graffiti’
The classic 1973 film presents a whitewashed vision of America; its soundtrack was anything but
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Jewish audiences and Samuel Beckett revered this clown — so did Adolf Hitler
Was Grock a Nazi sympathizer or a calculating opportunist?
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BINTEL BRIEF My friend doesn’t like the way I talk. And now she won’t talk to me about it
Bintel says: What some see as interrupting, others call being Jewish
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Music If they were ‘the only band that mattered,’ is he the only Jewish guitarist who matters?
The Clash and BAD's Mick Jones, now 68, is the son of a Welsh father and a Russian Jewish mother
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In one thuggish and vulgar phrase, a history of turmoil in Putin’s Russia
What was Aleksander Lukashenko talking about when he talked about 'whacking' Yevgeny Prigozhin?
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Some people think Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia. Does it matter?
Evangelical tourism is booming in Saudi Arabia, all to see where God maybe spoke to Moses
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How the world’s greatest lox slicer celebrates his 93rd birthday
For the Forward's connoisseur of smoked fish, the momentous occasion involves plenty of Chinese food and plenty of beer
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‘The teacher of teachers’: A pioneering Yiddishist leaves a profound legacy
Chava Lapin vigorously promoted Yiddish language and culture for half a century
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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
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Opinion In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan
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Holy Ground A millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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Opinion As with Cain and Abel, the blood of our brother Alex Pretti is crying out from the ground
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Opinion With the last hostage released, is American Jewish unity over?
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Fast Forward How a law used to protect synagogues is now being deployed against ICE protesters and journalists
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Fast Forward ADL appoints former head of embattled Gaza aid foundation to its board
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Film & TV When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel
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