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Art
How a new Jewish holiday is inspiring a new Jewish ritual
31 'tzedek boxes' are inspiring viewers to take stock of their behavior year-round
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Looking Forward What makes The Best Minds a Jewish book?
In Jonathan Rosen's new book about mental health and friendship, he compares his relationship with Michael Laudor to Cain and Abel
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Film & TV Why a 92-year-old Jewish vaudeville routine is inspiring a new trend on Twitter
‘Pay the $8’ is trending, and it sounds familiar for a reason
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Film & TV He survived the Holocaust to become the Polish Dan Rather and a chronicler of the Jewish experience
Documentarian Marian Marzynski's films included 'Shtetl' and 'A Jew Among the Germans'
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Books Cathleen Schine will convince you to move to Los Angeles
The author talks about her newest book, her writing routine and the importance of a standing cocktail hour
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Film & TV That industrial musical in ‘Mrs. Maisel’ wasn’t a fever dream — it was history
Products like cars and mouthwash inspired song-and-dance numbers that were a staple of American business
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BINTEL BRIEF ‘Sending you love’: Readers uplift convert whose ex said she was no longer Jewish
Flood of support for divorced woman who sought Bintel’s advice
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Books This devastating memoir will break your heart
In 'The Best Minds,' Jonathan Rosen deconstructs a generation through the tragic story of his childhood friend Michael Laudor
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Film & TV The heroic WWII rescue story that Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ leaves out
The Jewish Labor Committee rescued more than a thousand Jews — so why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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Film & TV Israeli creator of ‘The Last of Us’ finds inspiration for sequel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Neil Druckmann, creator of the hit game and its successful HBO adaption, grew up in an Israeli settlement before moving to the U.S.
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His family died in the Warsaw ghetto — in these paintings, he honored their fight
'These faces don't let me rest,' Maurice Mendjizky told a friend
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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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Yiddish אַן אינטערוויו אויף ייִדיש מיט דער פֿילמאָגראַפֿקע פּערל גליקA chat in Yiddish with filmmaker Pearl Gluck
פּערל גליק, וואָס איז דערצויגן געוואָרן אין די חסידישע קרײַזן, וועט דערציילן ווי ייִדיש שפּילט אַ ראָלע אין אירע פֿילמען.
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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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