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Culture
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The Pentagon fears the Vatican’s authority in a battle over Christianity’s power
Warmongers leery of the pope’s wartime peace-preaching confronted a cardinal — revealing weakness in the face of moral force
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Books A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland
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Film & TV Jonah Hill’s cancel culture dramedy makes an antisemitism exception — all about Kanye
‘Outcome’ gives pride of place to the rapper, whose bigotry has hampered him (to a point)
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How two advice columnists with the same name counseled, comforted and inspired millions of women
America had 'Dear Abby,' 'Ask Ann Landers' and 'A Bintel Brief.' France had the two Marcelles.
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Music An 82-year-old Jewish recording legend on his film directing debut: ‘I could have been good at this’
in 'Heart & Soul,' Kenny Vance pays tribute to the doo-wop legends who inspired his career
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Ben Lerner’s tale of three hotels is a lyrical novel of loss and human potential
in 'Transcription,' the celebrated author writes Jewishly of what he finds himself unable to escape
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In her inspired and inspiring history of the Jewish Bund, Molly Crabapple has found her anti-Zionist heroes for our time
Though written for this political moment, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' is more of a history and a tribute than a handbook
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Film & TV This Christian conversion comedy should have left Jews out of it
In 'Premarital,' a Christian family tries to convert their secular son-in-law
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The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
in 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.
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Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades
Using tapes of their grandfathers singing in Iran, Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are transcribing and adapting songs that echo centuries of tradition
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70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
'Rooms,' which premiered in 1955, was inspired by the Lower East Side tenements of Anna Sokolow's youth
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In Case You Missed It
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Yiddish שיִער נישט פֿאַרבאָטן׃ גאַסנשילדן אױף אַן „אומגעוווּנטשענער“ שפּראַךNearly forbidden: Street signs in an ‘unwanted’ language
אַן איניציאַטיװ צו אָנערקענען בערלינס אַמאָליקע „ייִדישע גאַס“ װעקט אױף דעם טרױם פֿון ייִדיש װי אַן אָפֿיציעלע מינאָריטעט־שפּראַך
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Fast Forward The ‘godfather of denim’ was an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz
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Theater In a forgotten 20th century masterwork, a Holocaust story from the perpetrator’s perspective
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Fast Forward Flyers for ‘IsraelFest’ at New York high school ended up in a urinal. Now the school board president is facing calls to resign.
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