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Music
A new album blends klezmer and American folk — and is at home in both
‘In Der Heym/Down Home’ shows how two musical styles have a lot in common
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Books So, what did Jorge Luis Borges really think of the Jews?
Though he was often called a philosemite, the truth is a lot messier
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‘Please don’t stop’: Pandemic project of daily Magna-Tiles messages passes 1,000-day mark
Despite rising antisemitism, family proudly displays Jewish and Hebrew phrases on garage doors
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From frog candlesticks to watermelon menorahs — meet the designer making Instagram’s favorite Judaica
Susan Alexandra's 'kooky' new Passover collection is for more than just Seder
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In rural America’s ‘matzo deserts,’ Jews struggle to set their Seder tables
Sometimes, Christian Seders buy up all the matzo in the few stores that sell it
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Why Maimonides is the ideal mind for surviving the era of Fake News
Alberto Manguel’s Jewish Lives book on Rambam reveals a thinker guided by reason
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BINTEL BRIEF My sister cut me out of her life after our father died. How do I fix this?
Bintel says you can open the door — but you can’t make her walk through
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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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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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News This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?
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Culture Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art
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News New Jewish-Arab political party debuts in Israel, aiming to topple Netanyahu
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Fast Forward Trump says Syria would do a ‘better job’ of fighting Hezbollah than Israel