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That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
It was a normal summer internship at the Yiddish Book Center ... until the Jedi invaded our turf
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Art A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
Some legal scholars say the law is an example of ‘compelled speech’ and may violate the First Amendment
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‘He was not even a Jew or a person; he was a force’ — Sid Caesar at 100
Born in Yonkers in 1922, the creator of 'Your Show of Shows' was part pugilist, part comic
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Art How a Holocaust survivor from Slovakia became a modern-day Chagall
93-year-old Tibor Spitz found a second (or maybe a third) life as an artist
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Film & TV The greatest Jewish Hollywood character you’ve never heard of
How a cigar-chomping producer named Maurice Duke became king of B (or maybe C) movies
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In Dachau, Bavaria and Berlin, a Jewish prayer and declaration resonate
Traveling through Germany, a young Jew witnesses close up what she had only known from afar
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Film & TV How Harry Styles and Chris Pine became the spitting image of a ‘Seinfeld’ episode
The moment at Venice has been likened to the Zapruder film and Keith Hernandez's 'magic loogie'
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How Warren Zevon overcame his demons to become a sandwich-enjoying rock’n’roll prophet
One of the best-read singer-songwriters of his time recovered from alcoholism while holding onto his morbid sense of humor
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First Person My boyfriend died in May. It showed me how meaningful Jewish mourning rituals can be — and how flawed
Jewish mourning is all about community. That made the process more extraordinary, and more painful
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My parents were refuseniks. Mikhail Gorbachev made our life in the U.S. possible
Rina Shamilov’s parents and grandparents spent years trying to leave the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, who died this week at 91, gave them the freedom to do so.
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The joys of catching a baseball at the Giants’ Jewish heritage night — thrown by a Jewish player
What I took away from Giants Jewish Heritage night? An official MLB baseball and a bruise to accompany it
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How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger
16-year-old producer Aviad Poznansky learned 'Yoel's Niggun' at Jewish summer camp. Now, it's part of rapper JID's newest hit, 'Dance Now.'
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