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Music
For one 1980s pop fan, this Shabbat service is a dream come true
At L.A.'s Ikar, music director Hillel Tigay joins up with one half of Tears for Fears
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Llamas, dinosaurs, gnomes, oh my! Which creature is the real Hanukkah mascot?
Why are there so many animals on Hanukkah merch?
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Maccabee Bar is serving up Hanukkah warm fuzzies (and hard drinks) in the West Village
The holiday pop-up has good vibes and solid drinks
The Latest
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Bintel Brief Dear Bintel: A frenemy wrote a mean song about me and I’m freaking out
Bintel says: Jake Gyllenhaal feels your pain — and Jewish tradition has some advice
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What happened to all the women in all those a cappella Hanukkah videos?
When it comes to viral holiday content, sometimes it can seem like a man's world out there
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How the sesame seed became the most Jewish of all ingredients
Plus, a recipe for the best Chinese sesame noodles you've ever tasted (no peanut butter required)
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The surprisingly erotic (and poetic) nature of the Hebrew alphabet
In the transcendent work of 'genius' poet Peter Cole, sometimes male and female letters just want to hook up
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Film & TV Why Zelenskyy made a Jewish joke in his Netflix interview with David Letterman
The Ukrainian President hasn’t made much of his background — but he’s happy to joke about it
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Kids love to play video games. So do white supremacists.
With little moderation, hate speech is rampant in games
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Film & TV Yes, this woman really did make the greatest film of all time. Next question?
Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' was recently enshrined by the BFI 'Sight and Sound' poll. Rightly so.
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Film & TV To know what Saul Bellow thinks of cancel culture, read his work (or watch this film)
A new PBS documentary confronts what made the novelist so controversial — and so great
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