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Culture
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How could anyone ever hate Anne Frank — why a fringe group declared war on the Holocaust’s most famous victim
Anne Frank trending on Twitter is rarely a good thing.
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How did Hanukkah — a holiday about war — get so schlocky?
The 'live-laugh-love-ification’ of Hanukkah merch has seemed inescapable, until now
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Art How women helped to transform the world of books and print
The art of Lynne Avadenka celebrates women who worked with (and against) type
The Latest
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Film & TV In this overlooked documentary, the son of Holocaust survivors embarks on a seemingly impossible mission
In 'The Presence of Their Absence,' Fred Zaidman searches for evidence of his family's lost story
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Books Why it can seem easier to weep for Don Quixote than your own father
In 'Still No Word From You,' Peter Orner offers a heartfelt memoir in books and marginalia
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Bintel Brief Dear Bintel: I keep kosher. Should I give shrimp to my baby to prevent allergies?
Bintel says: No need to compromise. Science — and data from Israel — have the answer
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Why is there still a bust of this antisemite in Rockefeller Center?
Monuments to other problematic historical figures have been removed in the U.S., yet Charles Lindbergh remains in a prime NYC tourist spot
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The secret Jewish history of John Lennon
The legendary Beatle once observed that show business was 'an extension of the Jewish religion'
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We asked an artificial intelligence bot to write Hanukkah movies
While we don't fully understand how it works, we sure are entertained
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The top Jewish podcast changes the narrative on Jews who leave the Hasidic world
Heretic in the House subverts every assumption about off-the-derech, or OTD, Jews after they leave Orthodoxy
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Books Authors protest ‘banned books’ list in Florida that includes Shabbat picture book
‘Chik Chak Shabbat’ is on a list of titles off-limits to Jacksonville area schools
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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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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Antisemitism Decoded The great antisemitism rug pull
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Yiddish טשיקאַוועסן: אַ ירושה פֿון 200 ייִדישע חפֿצים געפֿינט אַ הייםTidbits: An inheritance of 200 pieces of Judaica finds a home
דעבאָראַ בראָדי, אַ לערערין פֿון קינדער מיט ספּעציעלע באַדערפֿענישן, האָט זיי געלאָזט אָנטאַפּן די זאַכן.
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Opinion The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous