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Culture
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Why Bad Bunny’s halftime show delighted New York Jews of a certain age
The Jewish love affair with Latin music and ‘Nueva Yol’ dates back to mambo dancing in the Catskills and stories of a shared diaspora
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These two anti-Zionist Jews think the Israeli government is so bad, it’s funny
Matt Lieb and Daniel Maté, co-hosts of comedy podcast ‘Bad Hasbara,' try to put a humorous spin on a serious subject
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Can Manischewitz make matzo ball soup hot again?
The age-old brand ran an art show in an attempt to build cool-kid hype for Jewish brands
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The PBS series ‘Black and Jewish America’ gets it right — except the Black and Jewish part
The documentary traces years of alliance and rupture — but its false binary perpetuates stereotypes
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Looking Forward Why am I so much better at singing in Hebrew than in English?
Solving a mystery from my bat mitzvah, two decades later
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Created in hiding during WWII, a Jewish artist’s underground ’zines are finally rising to the surface
From 1943 to 1945, Curt Bloch produced 96 editions of a satirical publication he called 'The Underwater Cabaret'
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Theater The Jew who put Hitler on trial — and the play that stages his story
The new play ‘Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler’ recounts the little-known story of a young lawyer’s crusade
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He documented a changing Jewish world, and the Jewish world changed him
Photographer Bill Aron's work is on display at a retrospective at the American Jewish Historical Society
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For Israel’s foremost chiropterologist, every bat is a mitzvah
Professor Yossi Yovel, author of 'The Genius Bat,' hopes to show that the nocturnal creatures are not, in fact, the stuff of nightmares
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Robert Kraft’s new Super Bowl ad about antisemitism already feels dated
The ‘Sticky Note’ ad may not stick the landing on stopping Jew hate
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The Muppets are my rabbi, and they should be yours
Can a tutu-clad felt armadillo be a bastion of wisdom? Absolutely.
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward Trump urges Iran to make a deal after Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in 2 months
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News Maine Democrats are poised to nominate Graham Platner, as Jewish Democrats withhold support
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Fast Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president.
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Fast Forward Canada’s new council to tackle antisemitism divides Jewish groups