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Seeking gangsters, must speak Yiddish: Bringing the Hasidic underworld to life in ‘Caught Stealing’
Motl Didner coached Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio and Carol Kane on their Yiddish scenes
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He escaped the Holocaust and ‘Matzoh Island,’ but America was no promised land
In the graphic memoir 'The Art of Being a Stranger,' Karen Bermann tells the story of her father Fritz, who became a maven of maintenance in New York
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Sports Forget being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert — I was caught on Shabbat at Yankee Stadium
A Jewish baseball fan remembers the game that outed him on national television
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Film & TV ‘Caught Stealing’ gives us tough, Hasidic drug lords — is it good for the Jews?
Darren Aronofsky’s nostalgic crime caper packs heat and Yiddish
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The Borscht Belt was a haven for Jews — and for crossdressers
At Casa Susanna, a resort in the Catskills, guests were able to safely express themselves
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Kinky Friedman has been gone a year, but his family’s summer camp lives on
Tom and Min Friedman's Echo Hill Ranch is enjoying a second life as a camp for the children of Gold Star families
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How the phrase ‘It was promised to them 3,000 years ago’ became a ubiquitous meme
The comment appears on every kind of Jewish content, but what does it mean?
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Art For an ‘adventuress’ who memorialized the Holocaust in art, a long-awaited revival
A new exhibit at Indiana University is bringing Anna Walinska's work to a new audience
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The Trump administration says it’s posting ‘banger memes’ — here’s why that’s a problem for Jews
Nazi memes have gone from being a cause for cancellation to a great way to 'own the libs'
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Books In the story of a trip to Auschwitz, family can be a real pain in the tuches
Based on the character Serge from her play ‘Art,’ Yasmina Reza’s novel takes readers into the dysfunctional relationships of the Popper siblings.
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Looking Forward How a beloved TV detective embodies a central Jewish value
When a man liked my 'Columbo' hat, I realized the power of the follow-up question
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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Fast Forward The fraudster at the center of an NBA scandal once proclaimed ‘tzedek tzedek tirdof’
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News A new kaffiyeh policy is designed to help divided Jews pray together. Is this the Jewish future?
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Opinion To save the Jewish state, pro-Israel Jews must break from Netanyahu
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Opinion Charlie Kirk and Alan Berg: 2 murders, 41 years apart, show the painful perils of polarization
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Opinion Is the true Zionist ideal blind support of Israel, or loving criticism?
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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Books How Carole King moved the earth
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