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Culture
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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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As Time’s Person of the Year, Zelenskyy joins a short list of Jews, and a longer list of antisemites
The first person given the title was Charles Lindbergh. Stalin and Hitler followed not long after
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Why we should think twice before we call Hitler a ‘demon’
President Biden recently labeled Hitler 'demonic,' but Yiddish linguists say he could have chosen a better word
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Hallmark’s latest Hanukkah movie is weirdly good
Except for the fact that it's a Nora Ephron knockoff
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Art This notorious artist fought trauma, antisemitism and his own worst instincts — Lucian Freud at 100
An ex-lover called Sigmund Freud's grandson, who fathered more than a dozen children, 'an evil man'
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The words are full of angst and alienation — so why is this show so joyous?
In 'Love Train,' Emmanuel Gat brings the songs of Tears for Fears to vivid life
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Film & TV Was Josef K. only guilty of the crime of being Jewish?
Sixty years after its premiere, Orson Welles' adaptation of Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' remains cinema's most vivid fever dream
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Art How America’s most Jewish city is also its most Catholic, Protestant and Muslim
In the exhibit City of Faith, different religious groups intersect and interact in New York
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A Jewish guide to Christmas in New York
With the world's largest menorah, a Maccabee Bar and hidden history on the Lower East Side, who needs Rockefeller Center?
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Can we all please shut up about Kanye West now?
We're just giving him more attention now
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4 must-see documentaries to help you understand the process of shiva
Jewish mourning rituals are complex and deeply personal. These films can help you begin to understand them
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Nazi aesthetics sold Kanye West on everything else about Hitler
If you watch the Infowars interview, West was mostly praising the looks and sounds of Hitler’s Germany
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Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
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Opinion It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump
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Culture Is Pope Leo Jewish? Ask his distant cousins — like me
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Fast Forward Student suspended for ‘F— the Jews’ video defends himself on antisemitic podcast
In Case You Missed It
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News In Edan Alexander’s hometown in New Jersey, months of fear and anguish give way to joy and relief
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Fast Forward What’s next for suspended student who posted ‘F— the Jews’ video? An alt-right media tour
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Opinion Despite Netanyahu, Edan Alexander is finally free
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Opinion A judge just released another pro-Palestinian activist. Here’s why that’s good for the Jews
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