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Film & TV
In a gripping new thriller series, neutral Switzerland isn’t so neutral after all
Superbly acted, 'Labyrinth of Peace' explodes myths about World War II
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Theater What Ben Platt learned reading Leo Frank’s letters
Paying a visit to YIVO, the ‘Parade’ star comes face to face with history
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Film & TV Hit Christian TV show ‘The Chosen’ is all about Jesus. So why is it so Jewish?
Sure, Jesus was a Jew — but Christians don't usually focus so much on that
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Crowds are expected as Jewish families plan excursions over the Passover holiday
The days in between the first and last days of Passover — chol hamoed — are a time for fun activities
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Art ‘I am the map, the quilt, and tablecloth of those who have come before me’
'HaMapah,' a new installation at Fentster, traces dancer Adam McKinney's multifaceted ancestry
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Books Slave and victim of the Nazi regime — the complicated legacy of Bruno Schulz
Benjamin Balint delves into the history of the 'virtuoso of language and image' who was murdered on 'Black Thursday'
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Sports How Ron Blomberg made me care about baseball again (if only for one night)
At Yankee Stadium, MLB's first designated hitter brought back a desperately needed enthusiasm
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The real Jewish history behind Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ and the WWII rescue mission that inspired it
The story of Varian Fry, who helped lead an operation that saved thousands of Jewish artists and other refugees, gets the Netflix treatment
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How on-the-rise Jewish indie rocker Blondshell takes inspiration from Larry David and Sarah Silverman
An album full of earworm melodies — that makes references to bad sex, emotional trauma and her Jewishness — has Sabrina Teitelbaum headed for rock stardom
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Books I translated ‘Life and Fate.’ Now an imprisoned American journalist is reading it in a Russian jail
Vasily Grossman’s epic about life during the siege of Stalingrad is painfully resonant for journalists working in Russia today
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What have I, a 93-year-old lox slicer, done to deserve all this?
A story of friendship, 'Cabaret' and life after retirement
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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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News Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why
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News Indiana synagogue that shaped Reform movement is sold — and will become a coffee shop, event space