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Film & TV
A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech
The documentary ‘Sapiro v. Ford’ explores how Aaron Sapiro took on the father of the Model T
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How ‘a bundle of letters’ became a cornerstone of life advice for American Jews
Launched 120 years ago today in 1906, the Forward’s A Bintel Brief advice column explores 'the most interesting nooks of people’s souls'
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His mother is Israeli, his father is Palestinian. His life? Complicated.
Ibrahim Miari's autobiographical one-man play, 'In Between', is a valuable account of his dual identity
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Film & TV Judd Apatow on why Mel Brooks’ influence ‘will last as long as our jokes’
Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, directors of the new HBO documentary on Brooks, talk about his legacy of laughter
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The Jewish women who kept Confederate graves from disappearing
In Virginia, they cared for the graves of Jewish Confederate soldiers — turning burial, not ideology, into an act of obligation and memory
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Film & TV How the Israeli police’s first trans volunteer fought bigotry on the force
In the documentary 'The First Lady,' Efrat Tilma shows that resilience is key to fighting prejudice
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The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
From the Forward's lox columnist, a tale of two singers — with a brief musical interlude
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How the chicken man of Crown Heights became a Hasidic St. Francis of Assisi
Near Lubavitcher Headquarters, 21-year-old Daniel Yeroshalmi keeps watch over the 20 hens in the Crown Heights Homestead
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The Department of Labor told us to embrace ‘Americanism.’ What’s that?
The phrase has a long history with the Ku Klux Klan
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He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
Before he was cast opposite Timothée Chalamet, Isaac Simon had no acting experience. That helped.
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Film & TV In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism
‘All That’s Left of You’ is a touching portrayal of a Palestinian family, but ends on a problematic note
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
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Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
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Culture Could a video game help combat antisemitism on college campuses?
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Yiddish מענטשן זענען פֿאַרכּישופֿט פֿון דער 12־יאָריקער זינגערין פֿון ייִדישע לידערPeople are enchanted with this 12-year old singer of Yiddish songs
דינה סלעפּאָװיטש פֿיגורירט שוין אויף אַ צאָל יוטוב־ווידעאָס, באַגלייט פֿון איר טאַטן, דעם כּלי־זמר־מוזיקער זיסל סלעפּאָוויטש.
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Fast Forward Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support
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Opinion The Nazis massacred innocents when their regime was crumbling. What does that say about Minneapolis?
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