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How 99% of Nazis got away with murder
‘Getting Away With Murder(s)’ is a fiery indictment of a world that lost interest in justice
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Theater How the premiere of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ was different from any other Broadway opening
When the cast heard the audience's reaction, at first they wondered if they'd done something wrong
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A new portrait collection showcases 90 Holocaust survivors who lived long and full lives
During the years that photographer B.A. Van Sise worked on "Invited to Life," several of his subjects died
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Film & TV In Jonah Hill’s offensive new movie, a Black-Jewish love story comes with a side of conspiracy theories
The rom-com copies 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,' but it's way more pessimistic
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How Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford changed the way we are
50 years ago, 'The Way We Were' brought us a love story we hadn't seen on screen before
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Film & TV How film brought Nazis to justice at Nuremberg
'Filmmakers for the Prosecution' shows how two Jewish brothers searched Europe for evidence of the Holocaust
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Film & TV For Paul Newman’s 98th birthday, his lost cinematic masterpiece
Until the Forward tracked it down, "On the Harmfulness of Tobacco" had been all but forgotten
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Theater Two very different Jewish couples confront a very similar sense of dissatisfaction
Anna Ziegler's 'The Wanderers' arrives off-Broadway, starring Katie Holmes
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Theater In savaging the Israeli military, has a legendary puppet theater finally gone too far?
For even some longtime supporters, the politics at Bread and Puppet Theater have gotten too strident
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Scrub Daddy’s viral sponges come in kosher options now
The thirsty TikTok scrubber partnered with Jewish TikToker Melinda Strauss
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Film & TV I want Judd Hirsch to win an Oscar — but not like this
Hirsch is one of our great actors, but his super Jew-y performance in 'The Fabelmans' is not his best work
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Fast Forward In Britain, a Jewish Culture Month aims to move the conversation beyond Oct. 7
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News This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?
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Culture Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art
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News New Jewish-Arab political party debuts in Israel, aiming to topple Netanyahu