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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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Film & TV Jonah Hill loves his therapist so much he made a movie about it
'Stutz' is meant to share therapy with the world. But is that even possible?
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Theater Michael Feingold was a critic with the rarest of qualities — charity, sensitivity and a gift for playwriting
The onetime critic for the Village Voice will be remembered for a half-century of service to the theater
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Bintel Brief Dear Bintel: My retired mother seems depressed. Should I move home?
Our advice: Don’t add Jewish guilt to her problems — but do plan a visit
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In this Ephron-esque romcom, Sally meets Harry — then gets divorced two years later
"The Gett," a play by Liba Vaynberg running at Rattlestick Theater, chronicles a Jewish divorce but never quite decides what it wants to say
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Film & TV In ‘Armageddon Time’ and ‘The Fabelmans,’ tales of two Jewish childhoods. But are the movies Jewish?
Steven Spielberg and James Gray’s semi-autobiographical films are loaded with Jewish content, but lack a Jewish sensibility
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Film & TV How one Jewish woman’s crusade became the year’s most talked-about documentary
In 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,' artist Nan Goldin takes on the Sackler family
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Art The more this artist succeeds, the less you’ll know about her
For Chloë Bass, the greatest art happens when the artist disappears
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Theater Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ returns, a stirring reminder of Jewish loss and revival
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
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In the shadow of the Holocaust, a new Kafkaesque nightmare for Jews in Czechoslovakia
70 years ago, 10 Jews were executed after the antisemitic Slánský trial
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Music America’s most unapologetic Jewish band is back — and ready to rock
The new iteration of the Dictators is equal parts Mel Brooks and The Ramones
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Move over Golden Calf — meet Elon Musk’s Golden Goat
The tech CEO's fans now have a literal idol to worship
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News A Jewish farmer drove 600 miles to rescue a century-old synagogue. Now he’s building a new one in a cornfield.
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Opinion The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder
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Culture On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
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News Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials
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Culture In the Trump-Musk feud, both sides are united by antisemitism
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Fast Forward FBI, DHS issue warning of ‘elevated threat’ to Jewish and Israeli communities
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