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Culture
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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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Finding out I wasn’t genetically related to my father brought me closer to him
How a surprising discovery on 23andMe led to an even more surprising realization
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A new exhibit shows how Jewish marriage evolved – from 12th-century Egypt to modern-day America
The first show at the JTS library's new gallery has rare ketubot from different centuries and continents
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Learning about antisemitism from the people who fought it
A London exhibit at the Wiener Holocaust Library examines the historical context of the world's oldest hatred
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The ‘wild’ Jewish director who Hollywood left behind
Even though he made only two films, Holocaust survivor Jack Garfein was a legendary figure
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Why we need ‘Gravity Falls’ more than ever
The animated series concluded eight years ago, but for some, it will live on forever — like the Kabbalah
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Admired by Bellow, indebted to Faulkner, a giant of Jewish literature dies at 85
A.B. Yehoshua was as gifted as he was uncompromising and undiplomatic
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With his ‘Jewish or antisemitic’ viral videos, Eitan Levine is stepping into a comedy lineage
Though Levine hadn’t heard of Lenny Bruce's Jewish and goyish bit, his act relies on the same intuitive understanding of Jewish vibes
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Kate Bush’s 9 most Jewish songs
The artist’s late-career resurgence courtesy of ‘Stranger Things’ prompts us to investigate her Jewish song catalog
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Music Brooklyn musician Laura Elkeslassy creates a modern album inspired by forgotten Moroccan Jewish history
The French Jewish singer, now based in Park Slope, will sing from her new album, “Ya Ghorbati: Divas in Exile,” on Wednesday, June 15.
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Film & TV The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is now in Yiddish
A YIVO scholar translates a popular sea shanty about ‘yam-narishkaytn.’
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A fierce, uncompromisingly radical Jewish feminist finally gets her due
A compelling new documentary revels in the fascinating contradictions of Andrea Dworkin
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