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Culture
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23 totally accurate and sane Jewish pop culture predictions for 2023
Curious what celebrity shenanigans will dominate the year to come? Look into our crystal ball
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The hottest Jewish trends for 2023 (and the 2022 fads we won’t miss)
Look for deli raves, Nora Ephron and Yiddish women writers to dominate the new year
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How the iconic Barbara Walters led the charge against antisemitism and social injustice (sometimes)
The first Jewish co-host of a news program spoke out against Spiro Agnew's bigotry, but seemed to give others a pass
The Latest
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Why was 2022 the year TV turned really, really Jewish?
Jews have always had a presence on the small screen. But this year, their stories took on new nuance
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A visitor to Paris finds a dark layer of Jewish history in the City of Light
Beyond the city's wine, food and fashion, the tragic fate of French Jews in World War II is hiding in plain sight
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Film & TV The best Jewish (and Jew-ish) movies of 2022
The year's best Jewish films engaged with the complicated legacy of Jewish storytelling
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‘Married to the Mob,’ but under a chuppah: A new memoir details a Jewish family’s crime ties
Alan Geik chronicles the hitmen, gangsters and dirty cops who were part of his Bronx extended family in the heyday of the Jewish mob
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What does it mean to be ‘Jew-ish’? How the term went from warm inside joke to national flashpoint
In the hands of George Santos and Kanye West, 'Jew-ish' means something very different than it used to
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Jew vs. ‘jew:’ Google’s offensive definition causes a (brief) online stir
The search engine defaulted to showing a derogatory use of 'jew' as a verb
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He created the most Jewish of superheroes — but how Jewish was he really?
Born 100 years ago to immigrants from Romania, Stan Lee went on to become one of the most influential artists of the 20th century
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Christmas is a beloved holiday. Could it also contribute to rising antisemitism?
Some theologians warn that the holiday season risks accentuating perceptions of Jews as Other
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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