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Film & TV
Israel’s ‘best comedy’ arrives in America — with honesty, nihilism and subtitles
In 'Significant Other,' two neighbors find a balm for loneliness in each other
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Film & TV Meet the Talmud-quoting, hotdog-whispering detective from Peacock’s latest show
Jeff Wilbusch from 'Unorthodox' brings his past to bear on a new character in 'The Calling'
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A true crime documentary about an arcane religious practice feels oddly familiar
'Razzouk Tattoo' follows a family of Coptic Christians in Jerusalem that tattoos pilgrims — and the intrigue and murder that follows
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Five ways antisemites avoid apologizing for their antisemitism
We're starting to notice a pattern in all the non-apologies
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Film & TV An ancient community of 850 on biblical soil — with Jewish roots
In a new documentary, Samaritans look to their heritage from the 12 tribes of Israel while also facing the threat of extinction
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Bintel Brief COVID destroyed their friendship. Is it worth making amends?
Our health isn't the only thing at stake in the pandemic. Relationships have been damaged, too
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Film & TV Israel’s 2023 Oscar entry already feels like it’s from another planet
'Cinema Sabaya' offers a now-quixotic picture of coexistence
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Film & TV In two provocative documentaries from Israel, an argument that bearing witness is insufficient
'Tantura' and 'A Reel War: Shalal' show what archives and oral history can accomplish — and what they can't
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After outcry from Jewish fans, Taylor Swift adds dates that don’t fall on Shabbat
‘Looks like I’ll get to see more of your beautiful faces than previously expected,’ Swift wrote
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‘Armageddon Time’ gets its Jewish story right — so why does the movie feel so wrong?
James Gray's Jewish family is pitch perfect, but its sole Black character is given short shrift
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How Paul Newman became the most beautiful boring man in the world
A new Paul Newman memoir reveals that there was less to the actor than met the eye
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Opinion In Bruce Springsteen’s new anti-ICE protest song, a nod to Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan
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Culture The Muppets are my rabbi, and they should be yours
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Yiddish „מײַן זינגען אויף ייִדיש האָט גאָרנישט צו טאָן מיט נאָסטאַלגיע““My singing in Yiddish has nothing to do with nostalgia“
חוה אַלבערשטיין האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט איר אויטאָביאָגראַפֿיע, וווּ זי באַשרײַבט די ראָלע פֿון ייִדיש אין איר רעפּערטואַר און אין איר לעבן
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