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Culture
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Tucker Carlson applauded Kanye West’s ‘bold’ beliefs — but he edited out a lot of antisemitism
The rapper rambled about his hate for woke culture and love of Trump on the Fox show. His harmful beliefs about Jews, however, didn't air.
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Why does Herschel Walker have a Jewish first name?
The word ‘hirsh’ is Yiddish for deer. But let’s not jump to conclusions
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Art Can this noisemaker rattle the world out of its complacency?
Elana Mann's activist art is a mixture of politics and Purim
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Art Back from the dead — the resuscitation of an artwork that wasn’t supposed to last
Like its brilliant creator, Eva Hesse's 'Expanded Expansion' conveys the ephemerality of existence
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First Person What to wear to become a Jewish mother-in-law?
How a vintage gown midwifed by extraordinary women helped me find my way
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Why are we afraid to call Kanye West’s posts antisemitic?
The rapper tweeted that he wanted to go "death con 3 on Jewish people," yet numerous major outlets called this "purported" antisemitism
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Mark Zuckerberg’s company marks Sukkot with a virtually empty virtual sukkah
You've never Meta sukkah like this
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How Columbus brought America its first Jew
Luis de Torres was a refugee of faith –— and, in a way, America's first pilgrim
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Sharing communal sukkot during the ‘Holiday of Shade’
In the Ethiopian celebration, families join together in a community sukkah
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Building the very best Sukkah — in Uganda
Rabbinical student from Abayudaya community shares joy of Sukkot in children's book
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Behind the swankiest new hotel on the Lower East Side, a swanky Jewish history
Visitors to Nine Orchard might not realize they're living out a Jewish immigrant's American dream
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