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Culture
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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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New York Voices The history of Jews and marijuana goes back a lot farther than you think
'Am Yisrael High,' an exhibit at YIVO, finds evidence of weed consumption all the way back in the Cairo geniza
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Music How Adam Yauch graduated from bratty Beastie Boy to a man of wisdom and peace
Ten years ago, MCA died, leaving behind an estimable if complicated legacy
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Books Kushner expected to publish a book on his White House experience
The memoir is expected to detail debates in the Oval Office and Jared Kushner’s meetings with Arab leaders
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How an observant Jew became the mother of Jesus — and Christianity itself
The author of 'Mary, Founder of Christianity,' discusses Mary's identification as a Jewish woman and mother
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Appealing to a higher authority — why cannabis provides a unique opportunity for the kosher industry
Kosher certifiers could become the de facto regulators of a burgeoning new business; will they step up to meet the challenge?
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The straight dope: YIVO’s new exhibit is all about Jews and weed
A menorah-shaped bong inspires a scholarly look at once-taboo topic.
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Film & TV In PBS’ gripping series ‘Ridley Road,’ a Jewish woman infiltrates a group of British neo-Nazis
The miniseries depicts the real-life 62 Group, a Jewish antifascist movement that took on Britain’s postwar hate groups.
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Film & TV ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ — the movie that mattered so much that they made a movie about it
A new documentary chronicles 'Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen'
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At a pluralistic yeshiva, a debate rages over who is Jewish enough
Matrilineal descent is an unquestioned rule in Judaism. But the Hadar Institute accidentally sparked an angry debate over whether just one parent — whether mother or father — is enough.
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‘What I felt at the time, I still do not understand’: A 17-year-old’s interview with a survivor
94-year-old Theresienstadt survivor Ruth Hass Meissner tells her story to her grand-nephew
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Bintel Brief I think my friend is a Holocaust denier. Do I have to intervene?
"A Bintel Brief" advises a listener distressed by a close friend's comments.
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Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
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