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Culture
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The secret Jewish history of Bruce Springsteen
A streak of religious rebelliousness, struggle and redemption runs through his songs, making them sound a little, well, Jewish
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Art How come you’ve never heard of these Jewish artists?
This exhibition says it’s partly because they’re women
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Theater Why the inspiring story of a real-life Holocaust hero can’t help us solve modern political problems
The one-man show 'Remember This,' staged by Theater for a New Audience, chronicles the life of Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski
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Art Tour the studio of artist Tobi Kahn
Watch a video of Kahn's work and process and register for an online and in-person discussion
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Are Jews who play baseball on the High Holidays really cursed?
We ran the stats to find out whether the 'Koufax Curse' is really a thing
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The Space Force’s official song sounds like something Mel Brooks wrote
You'd be forgiven for thinking the tune sounds a whole lot like 'Jews in Space'
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Film & TV In ‘Blonde,’ Arthur Miller is Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish husband, and we all know what that means (don’t we?)
Andrew Domink’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel casts Adrien Brody as a foil to DiMaggio
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Where does the fascist ‘Sieg Heil’ Nazi German salute come from?
Some have traced the German salute origins back to Rome, but the truth is murkier than that
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When Trump supporters gave him the finger, was it really a Nazi salute?
Experts in extremism and Trump aides alike were confused by the gesture, which some think is an endorsement of the QAnon movement
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At the Harvard of China, something brand nu — a class in Yiddish
At Peking University, students from a variety of majors are learning the alef-beys
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Film & TV What did the U.S. know about the Holocaust and when did we know it?
The new Ken Burns documentary offers some disturbing revelations about the darkest moments in 20th century history
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