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Culture
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Schmear campaign: Andrew Cuomo’s bacon bagel blunder bothers NY Jews
Cuomo orders a ‘bacon, cheese and egg on an English muffin’
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This comedy dating show is bringing dildos to synagogue
'Love Isn't Blind,' the brainchild of comedian Allison Goldberg, is making shidduchs
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Film & TV In a time of darkness and trauma in Israel, a profound new film offers a dose of ‘Bliss’
Shemi Zarhin's latest film is a meditation on living and loving in the wake of illness and disappointment
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Film & TV Committed to the Orthodox way of life, but tempted by worlds of intense sexuality
Set in the Haredi world, Nir Bergman's film 'Pink Lady' tells of a marriage strained by extramarital desire
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Books In America, a German-Austrian novelist hears echoes of his father’s life under Nazism
Daniel Kehlmann's ‘The Director’ confronts his family history through the life of G.W. Pabst
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Why are Christian influencers promoting Jesus mezuzahs?
There’s a growing interest in Jewish ritual among American Christians, but does slapping a cross on a mezuzah make it Christian?
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Music Why you’re hearing ‘Hatikvah’ everywhere — or are you?
A number of songs sound similar to 'Hatikvah' — including one in a new movie from China.
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At this pro-Palestinian cafe, you can practice your Hebrew and imagine you’re in Mauritania
In an increasingly polarized world, Brooklyn's Barzakh remains stubbornly in-between
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On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
Albany Park was home to Rosenblum's Bookstore, Weinberg's Clothing — and also alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez
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Is this salacious opera a critique of Jewishness — or a celebration of its complexity?
The Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Salome' puts a Freudian spin on the famous opera
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BINTEL BRIEF Should Jewish employees get more days off than everyone else?
Bintel says singling out Jews is a bad idea — even when you’re doing them a favor
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