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The new Anne Frank musical wants you to laugh at ‘woke culture’ — but is it funny?
In 'Slam Frank,' it’s hard to tell who’s in on the joke and who is just…in it.
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Film & TV How a Jewish schoolteacher from New Jersey made it to Hollywood and Broadway at the same time
In 'Blue Moon,' Robert Kaplow joins forces with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater to give a tragic genius his due
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Theater Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?
'Slam Frank,' an edgy new musical, would have been unimaginable a few years ago. What changed?
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Film & TV How a complete unknown created one of the most iconic music events of the 1970’s
Ido Fluk's 'Köln 75' tells of the unlikely collaboration of jazz great Keith Jarrett and teenage concert promoter Vera Brandes
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Books How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children
Miriam Udel’s book tracks the development of literature made to shape a Jewish universe
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Books Why was my Jewish identity so apologetic and humiliating?, Obama speechwriter asks in new book
In a new book, the former White House speechwriter says it’s time for Jews to reclaim their story from the haters
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You see an ugly ottoman or a faded armchair; she sees a lost history waiting to be revived
For Ruti Wajnberg, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, reupholstering furniture can stitch generations back together
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Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages?
Sometimes when people's short-term memories begin to falter, they recall the first languages they learned
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Satire on ‘Saturday Night Live’ used to be a deadly weapon; is it still enough in the Trump era?
An exhibit of the papers of Lorne Michaels offers sobering insights about the limits of humor
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BINTEL BRIEF Can an interfaith couple be buried together in a Jewish cemetery?
Bintel says it can be done — but it depends on who’s in charge of the rules
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Film & TV It was once Sweden’s only news broadcast — what did it say about Israel?
A new documentary shows how Israel and Palestine were portrayed on STV from the late ’50s to the late ’80s
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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