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Why is there still a bust of this antisemite in Rockefeller Center?
Monuments to other problematic historical figures have been removed in the U.S., yet Charles Lindbergh remains in a prime NYC tourist spot
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The secret Jewish history of John Lennon
The legendary Beatle once observed that show business was 'an extension of the Jewish religion'
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We asked an artificial intelligence bot to write Hanukkah movies
While we don't fully understand how it works, we sure are entertained
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The top Jewish podcast changes the narrative on Jews who leave the Hasidic world
Heretic in the House subverts every assumption about off-the-derech, or OTD, Jews after they leave Orthodoxy
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Books Authors protest ‘banned books’ list in Florida that includes Shabbat picture book
‘Chik Chak Shabbat’ is on a list of titles off-limits to Jacksonville area schools
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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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Culture In ‘Guns & Moses,’ an Orthodox rabbi packs heat — no questions asked
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Opinion How I got AI to create fake Nazi memos — and what that means for the future of antisemitism
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Fast Forward How the Jewish commandment to ‘be fruitful and multiply’ could help a woman challenge Kentucky’s abortion ban in court
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: יוטוב־פּערזענלעכקייט רעדט אויף ייִדיש וועגן אַ משפּחה־טראַגעדיעVIDEO: Youtube personality speaks in Yiddish about a tragedy in the family
מאַטי מענדלאָוויטשעס ברודער, וואָס האָט יאָרן לאַנג געליטן פֿון דעפּרעסיע, האָט הײַיאָר זיך גענומען דאָס לעבן. .
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