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Culture
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26 conceivably believable pop culture predictions for 2026
Will Trump have a ballroom schvitz? Will Timmy keep his mustache? Can a Labubu defend the Jewish people?
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A new organization aims to combat antisemitism and spread Jewish joy in New York’s theater industry
Many members say troubling rhetoric thrives backstage on Broadway
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Music How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion
Thanks to a mammoth Klezmer Institute digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations
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An activist Jewish artist who used his work to fight fascism
Arthur Szyk painted the Founding Fathers and visualized American ideals to fight fascism
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Righteous gentiles in the Holocaust were no ‘ordinary thing’
'This Ordinary Thing' recounts the stories of those who hid their Jewish friends and neighbors
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When a Jewish paperboy played Santa — and the journalist who never forgot him
A 1967 UPI holiday story resonated far beyond Christmas Eve — for its writer, its subject, and the era they lived through
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We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
Two Forward reporters try to imagine a holiday rom-com that’s charming, Jewish and not Christmas-adjacent
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A Jewish-Muslim art show builds ‘little bridges’ of coexistence
'Open Archways,' co-curated by a Muslim and a Jew, facilitates not just sharing art, but also conversations
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Film & TV King David gets the kiddie treatment
The animated film ‘David’ flattens one of the Bible’s most vivid characters
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Film & TV Decades after her ancestor was blacklisted from Hollywood, this teenager is bringing her family’s history to light
Simone Elias’ book teaches the history of Golden Age cinema — including its antisemitism — to Gen Z.
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In making a Christian case for Shabbat, Charlie Kirk stripped off its Judaism
'Stop, in the Name of God,' the conservative influencer's final book, doesn't want to seem too Jewish
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