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‘My head was exploding — how could one woman do this to another woman?’
Helen Schulman explains the intersecting lives and shocking betrayals in her latest novel 'Lucky Dogs'
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Theater Glenda Jackson played Jews, acted for Jews and replaced a Jew in parliament
The MP and Oscar winner died at 87
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Books Why the literary world (and every single No. 2 pencil) is mourning the loss of Robert Gottlieb
Gottlieb, 92, editor of Toni Morrison, Robert Caro and more, was an American literary giant
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A famous rabbi’s son died of a disease like the one in Broadway’s ‘Kimberly Akimbo’
Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People’ after his son died of progeria. Here's why his daughter hasn't seen the Tony-winning show
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FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
On Father's Day, the daughter of an abusive man finds comfort in one happy memory: cholent for Shabbat
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Books A new version of the Holocaust’s most famous diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’ and getting banned from schools
Parents have challenged ‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’ in multiple states, with some success
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Reddit is destroying users’ ability to moderate hate speech — so protesters shut the site down
A subreddit blackout is in progress, protesting site changes that could open the door to antisemitism and other forms of hate
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Theater The Tonys honored plays about antisemitism — the winners were eager to talk about anything else
Tom Stoppard, Patrick Marber and Alfred Uhry all missed an opportunity to speak to what their plays were about
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Donald Trump is accused of violating the Espionage Act — so were the Rosenbergs
As some Jewish targets of federal investigations can tell the former president, these charges are no small matter
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Dabbling in antisemitism, Pat Robertson portrayed himself as a friend to certain kinds of Jews
The televangelist, who has died at 93, once likened non-Christians to 'termites'
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BINTEL BRIEF I’m retired and I don’t drive. How do I fill and face the days ahead?
Bintel has 18 great ideas for creating new routines and putting yourself out there
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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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