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Film & TV
How the Israeli police’s first trans volunteer fought bigotry on the force
In the documentary 'The First Lady,' Efrat Tilma shows that resilience is key to fighting prejudice
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The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
From the Forward's lox columnist, a tale of two singers — with a brief musical interlude
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How the chicken man of Crown Heights became a Hasidic St. Francis of Assisi
Near Lubavitcher Headquarters, 21-year-old Daniel Yeroshalmi keeps watch over the 20 hens in the Crown Heights Homestead
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The Department of Labor told us to embrace ‘Americanism.’ What’s that?
The phrase has a long history with the Ku Klux Klan
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He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
Before he was cast opposite Timothée Chalamet, Isaac Simon had no acting experience. That helped.
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Film & TV In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism
‘All That’s Left of You’ is a touching portrayal of a Palestinian family, but ends on a problematic note
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Film & TV In a stylish mystery, Jodie Foster releases the dybbuk of French Jewish identity
‘A Private Life’ gets at the heart of a demon France has yet to fully exorcise
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The Mississippi synagogue arson suspect has a Christian fitness site. Here’s what that tells us
The alleged arsonist's Christian-influenced fitness program reveals what ideas may have influenced him
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Film & TV Charles Grodin was a curmudgeon with a gooey center
A new documentary shows how the late actor used his celebrity for good
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These are the right-wing extremists we’re watching out for in 2026
Antisemitism, Holocaust denial and neo-Nazi ideology are all the rage among the rising stars of the new right
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Looking Forward Emma Goldman, superstar? The Jewish anarchist has a surprising role to play in American musical theater
Goldman turns up a lot in musicals — what would she think of that?
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward Trump urges Iran to make a deal after Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in 2 months
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News Maine Democrats are poised to nominate Graham Platner, as Jewish Democrats withhold support
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Fast Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president.
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Fast Forward Canada’s new council to tackle antisemitism divides Jewish groups