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Culture
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Art
How a new Jewish holiday is inspiring a new Jewish ritual
31 'tzedek boxes' are inspiring viewers to take stock of their behavior year-round
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Looking Forward What makes The Best Minds a Jewish book?
In Jonathan Rosen's new book about mental health and friendship, he compares his relationship with Michael Laudor to Cain and Abel
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Film & TV Why a 92-year-old Jewish vaudeville routine is inspiring a new trend on Twitter
‘Pay the $8’ is trending, and it sounds familiar for a reason
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Film & TV He survived the Holocaust to become the Polish Dan Rather and a chronicler of the Jewish experience
Documentarian Marian Marzynski's films included 'Shtetl' and 'A Jew Among the Germans'
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Books Cathleen Schine will convince you to move to Los Angeles
The author talks about her newest book, her writing routine and the importance of a standing cocktail hour
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Film & TV That industrial musical in ‘Mrs. Maisel’ wasn’t a fever dream — it was history
Products like cars and mouthwash inspired song-and-dance numbers that were a staple of American business
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BINTEL BRIEF ‘Sending you love’: Readers uplift convert whose ex said she was no longer Jewish
Flood of support for divorced woman who sought Bintel’s advice
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Books This devastating memoir will break your heart
In 'The Best Minds,' Jonathan Rosen deconstructs a generation through the tragic story of his childhood friend Michael Laudor
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Film & TV The heroic WWII rescue story that Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ leaves out
The Jewish Labor Committee rescued more than a thousand Jews — so why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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Film & TV Israeli creator of ‘The Last of Us’ finds inspiration for sequel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Neil Druckmann, creator of the hit game and its successful HBO adaption, grew up in an Israeli settlement before moving to the U.S.
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His family died in the Warsaw ghetto — in these paintings, he honored their fight
'These faces don't let me rest,' Maurice Mendjizky told a friend
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
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Theater Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical
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Yiddish World How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey
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Fast Forward Pulitzer Prize awarded to Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’
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Fast Forward London police investigating fire at another synagogue, amid string of arsons