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On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
Albany Park was home to Rosenblum's Bookstore, Weinberg's Clothing — and also alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez
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Is this salacious opera a critique of Jewishness — or a celebration of its complexity?
The Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Salome' puts a Freudian spin on the famous opera
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BINTEL BRIEF Should Jewish employees get more days off than everyone else?
Bintel says singling out Jews is a bad idea — even when you’re doing them a favor
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Books In WWII’s only all-female concentration camp, community was the key to survival
Lynne Olson’s book ‘The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück’ reveals the unsung stories of female French resistance fighters
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Art In 1960’s New York, the past was a foreign country — they sure did things differently there
A cornucopia of Jewish artists populate the pages of 'Everything Is Now,' J. Hoberman's massive survey of New York's avant-garde
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The Jewish artist who almost died exploring the Wild West
Carvalho documented a dangerous expedition to California in the days of Manifest Destiny
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Art Ben Shahn was a radical artist — why didn’t he want to be called a Jewish one?
A new retrospective at the Jewish Museum finds an artist whose Jewish identity was linked to a questioning crusade for justice
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What is Messianic Judaism?
With origins dating back to the 19th century, Messianic Judaism holds a contentious spot in the religious world
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In wake of DC shooting, false flag conspiracies spread
Some people are claiming the DC shooting outside a Jewish museum was a staged attempt to discredit the pro-Palestinian movement
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Film & TV ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ reveals the real Paul Reubens
The actor behind the iconic manchild was fiercely private — but spoke up to clear his name
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Film & TV Sarah Silverman’s new Netflix special ‘PortMortem’ tackles Jewish grief and masturbation
Silverman's new special about the death of her parents continues the Jewish tradition of laughing through grief
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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News Was Charlie Kirk a martyr? Here’s why Christians are divided and Jews should care
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News In Charlie Kirk, Orthodox Jews found a champion — and a wedge
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant
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Fast Forward Netanyahu says Israel did not kill Charlie Kirk, rejecting an idea circulating on the far right
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Yiddish אַ שמועס אויף ייִדיש וועגן דעם ישׂראלדיקן שרײַבער אתגר קרתA discussion in Yiddish about the Israeli writer Etgar Keret
צוזאַמען וועט מען לייענען אַ ייִדישע איבערזעצונג פֿון קרתס דערציילונג „בײַ נאַכט“
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