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Culture
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For artists who bathe in its golden light, Israel continues to be an inspiration
A writer returns to the land of S.Y. Agnon and Etgar Keret
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Music How Jane Eyre and Marvin Gaye helped to inspire a pop star’s debut novel
With 'This Bird Has Flown,' Susanna Hoffs, formerly of The Bangles, explores her literary side
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Trader Joe’s has brand-new matzo — here’s what you can do with it
And we've also made up some, uh, creative Passover snacks
The Latest
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How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ broke taboos around interfaith marriage
The young adult classic, soon to be a movie, was a rare portrayal of an increasingly common reality, writes a kids lit critic
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Theater For a Native American playwright’s Broadway debut, this superstar Jewish director got the call
Rachel Chavkin feels honored to be at the helm of 'The Thanksgiving Play' by Larissa FastHorse
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The ‘grown-up Anne Frank’ remains little known — and there’s a reason for that
Etty Hillesum, who died in Auschwitz in 1943, wrote frankly about her inner life and her love affairs
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The delectable tale of the Passover marshmallow, from Egyptian Exodus to American Seder table
Kosher marshmallows are a must on many Seder tables. How did they get there?
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Theater In ‘Parade,’ a tragedy of antisemitism is timely as ever — and it wants you to notice
Ben Platt stars as Leo Frank in a stripped-down revival of the epic Broadway musical
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He was one of our greatest writers — so, why don’t people talk about him anymore?
A new book tries to reclaim the legacy of I.L. Peretz
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BINTEL BRIEF Should I invite someone I barely know to join me at a Passover Seder?
Bintel says welcoming strangers is a Passover tradition — but you already knew that
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Film & TV From Israel, a thriller series so improbable that it has to be true
'Embezzlement' is based on the real-life story of the downfall of a bank and a family
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