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Film & TV
You want it darker? Marc Maron’s game.
In his HBO special ‘From Bleak to Dark,’ the comic talks grief, Jewishness and the apocalypse
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Film & TV ‘South Park’ delivers a strong satire of Kanye West’s antisemitism
The season 26 premiere pokes fun at Jews controlling Hollywood
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Music The great Burt Bacharach album that nobody’s talking about
Though it stalled on the charts, 'Reach Out' is a sumptuous 11-course aural feast
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Why is Ben Shapiro so worried about Satan in ‘Paradise Lost’?
The conservative talking head went on a lengthy Twitter rant about John Milton's epic poem
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Music Through music, a fervent hope to build bridges of understanding in the Middle East
With the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble, Michael Barenboim is following in his parents' footsteps
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Pop hitmaker Burt Bacharach dies at 94
His songs defined the '60s, and our memory of them
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BINTEL BRIEF How many times do you ask someone out before you give up?
Bintel turns to the holiday known as the Jewish Valentine's Day for guidance
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‘He Gets Us’ ads are selling Jesus at the Super Bowl. Who is buying?
A well-funded ad campaign aims to give Christianity a makeover
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Theater For a Broadway star, another memorable Jewish character — miles away from Tevye
Danny Burstein stars opposite Nathan Lane and Zoe Wanamaker in 'Pictures From Home'
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From Mel Brooks to Elaine May to Ethan Coen: Producer Julian Schlossberg writes memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades
He even mentored a rabbi who founded the Jewish Broadcasting Service channel
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Theater The ‘Anne Frank’ road trip that transformed America
In 1958, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play sought out new audiences where Jewish stories were rare
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