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How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters and traced the stories behind them
The letters were hidden in plain sight at Yad Vashem. Most of their writers’ families had never seen them. Until now.
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This editor helped thousands of Holocaust survivors. But he rarely talked about it.
Isaac Metzker was the driving force behind the Forward's Seeking Relatives and Bintel Brief columns
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How one newspaper column saved lives, reunited families and changed the course of Jewish history
During the Holocaust and its aftermath, the Forward's Seeking Relatives helped thousands when no one else could
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What’s Jewish about the jam band Phish? Many things, according to a new book.
'This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity' explores the the relationship between the band and Jewish fans through a series of essays
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Five books you need to prepare for the High Holidays
Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman shares his favorite books to get you ready for the High Holidays.
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Music Persian Jewish musician Galeet Dardashti duets with her famed Iranian grandfather in ‘Monajat’
With 'Monajat,' Dardashti re-imagines Selichot from the Persian tradition
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Holy cow! Can one heifer herald the Third Temple — and the end of the world as we know it?
A red heifer calf has been born in Israel, to the delight of controversial Third Temple advocacy groups
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Books A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship
The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Books Who’s afraid of Naomi Wolf? Naomi Klein’s newest book takes on her doppelganger
Naomi Wolf and Naomi Klein are opposites, yet often confused; their case of mistaken identity — and Israel — is behind Klein's new book
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Why do conspiracy theorists love to hate Rothschilds? A Rothschild explains.
Author and conspiracy expert Mike Rothschild talks antisemitism, Elon Musk and that new fake Rothschild heir
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An Oedipal tale of sex, violence, crooks, cutthroats and egg creams — set in the Jewish wilderness of the Lower East Side
Henry James makes a cameo appearance in Jerome Charyn's 'Ravage & Son,' though James might not have loved the novel
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