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‘Shabbat Shalom and Sayonara’: Loyalists tried to oust Kushner via Shabbat meeting with Trump
Former White House advisor Peter Navarro details in new book an effort to replace Jared Kushner with Steve Bannon as head of the 2020 campaign amid dismal polling
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Film & TV Who is Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli superhero?
Shira Haas will star as MCU's Israeli answer to Captain America – people have opinions
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She was Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s friend and frequent dining partner — was that kosher?
In Nina Totenberg's 'Dinners With Ruth,' the veteran NPR correspondent details her relationship with RBG
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The Armory Show shocked the art world in 1913. Here’s what to expect this year
200 galleries from 30 countries offer up art this weekend in New York — including, of course, work by a number of Jewish artists
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Film & TV Over 25,000 Jewish partisans fought back against the Nazis. A new film tells 8 of their stories.
Director Julia Mintz interviewed some of the last surviving partisans for her documentary 'Four Winters'
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The Jewish afterlife: How New York preserves memories across generations
How a great-uncle’s death and an ice cream flavor got me thinking about the phrase ‘may their memory be for a blessing’
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Books An urgent call during Kol Nidre: The time this top prosecutor had to work on Yom Kippur
Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. Attorney who was fired by Donald Trump, was in synagogue when a prosecutor called to ask whether Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman should be arrested
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Long a friend of the Jews, King Charles is a mensch for all seasons
The English monarch is a noted fan of Jewish culture and has championed many a Jewish cause
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Stepping into the ‘Funny Girl’ spotlight, Lea Michele tries to save the show — and herself
Taking the spotlight after Beanie Feldstein's tumultuous departure, the controversial star has to rehabilitate herself while propping up a flailing production
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Art A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
Some legal scholars say the law is an example of ‘compelled speech’ and may violate the First Amendment
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‘He was not even a Jew or a person; he was a force’ — Sid Caesar at 100
Born in Yonkers in 1922, the creator of 'Your Show of Shows' was part pugilist, part comic
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Yiddish רבנישע כּתבֿים ווײַזן אומגעריכטע פֿאַרבינדונגען צווישן ייִדיש און לאַדינאָRabbinical texts reveal surprising links between Yiddish and Ladino
לויט אַ נײַ בוך פֿאָרשונגען האָבן טראַדיציאָנאַליסטן אין ביידע עדות געהאַלטן, אַז ייִדן מוזן אָפּהיטן זייער גערעדט לשון
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Opinion Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting — and how the West helped make that happen
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Fast Forward 4 House Democrats introduce bill that would enact progressive vision for fighting antisemitism
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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