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Film & TV
‘I’m always telling the story of Exodus’: ‘Unorthodox’ creator Anna Winger on her new Netflix show
‘Transatlantic’ chronicles an effort to save artists and thinkers from Nazi Europe
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The crucial Jewish ingredient that you probably don’t think of as a Jewish ingredient
Want to make shakshuka, matzo brei or avgolemono? You're going to need some eggs
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The secret Jewish history of those kosher fruit-jelly slices
Many candies die out; why has this one stood the test of time?
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Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian Jew who pined for Vienna but hid her religion
A new exhibition explores Lamarr's complicated relationship with her homeland and her heritage
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Can ChatGPT answer The Four Questions?
I gave the AI program our usual Passover queries — here’s what happened
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FIRST PERSON I was saying kaddish without mourning — until a song opened my heart
My mother prayed to the angels daily to keep me safe. Hearing that prayer again helped me grieve her loss
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Music Why 1973 was a particularly Jewish year in pop music
Fifty years ago, Bette Midler, Kiss, Steely Dan and the Simons (both Carly and Paul) stormed the pop charts
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How an encounter with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival
The Mexico City-born president of Tribeca Synagogue is organizing the event, which opens April 2
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Why some Christians use matzo for Communion — yes, really
One church-supply website even offered 'Streit's Communion Bread'
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BINTEL BRIEF My sons owe me so much money I’m broke. How do I get them to repay me?
Bintel says it will take a tough mother to wrangle these schnorrers
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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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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Fast Forward In rallies taking on Israel, a defiant Hasan Piker boosts Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed
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Opinion The Iran war looks like a failure. Now comes the Trump-Netanyahu spin game
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