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Film & TV
How a Kentucky-raised comic dodged a beer can and became a Jewish star
Comedian Ariel Elias dished on her new special and how to skip the line at her favorite cooldown spot
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On a tour of Hasidic Brooklyn, this rabbi doesn’t have all the answers — but he knows who does
Tour guide Mayer Friedman's visitors come from Australia, St. Louis, Texas and beyond, and every one is here for a reason
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Everything’s terrible — but at least there are Moomins
Coming out of WWII, one Finnish author and illustrator created something magical
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Roman Polanski’s take on the Dreyfus Affair is perfect for 2025. That’s the problem
The movie wants to investigate conspiratorial mindsets. What it actually does is darker, and more frightening
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In a first-of-its-kind museum, mezuzahs keep memories of pre-war Poland alive
Aleksander Prugar and Helena Czernek collect old imprints of mezuzahs to uncover Jewish history
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Film & TV How a Jewish mother from Flatbush became America’s most recognizable Italian on TV
For Levy's Rye and Alka-Seltzer, you didn't have to be Italian to play Italian — and Fran Lopate definitely wasn't
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Music How a swaggering Jewish kid from East London became (albeit briefly) Britain’s greatest rock star and poet
Marc Bolan is the subject of the documentary 'Angelheaded Hipster"
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BINTEL BRIEF I prepare bodies as part of a synagogue’s burial society, but I’m an anti-Zionist. Is that OK?
A woman wonders if the fact that the dead she washes and prepares would consent to be touched by someone with her politics
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Books Amid the terror of war in Ukraine, a stirring debut novel demonstrates the power of love and art
Sam Wachman's 'The Sunflower Boys' is a novel of unmistakable authenticity and empathy
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Greetings Comrade, and welcome to the Communist camp for working-class Jews
Located near Beacon, New York, Camp Nitgedaiget offered a proletarian alternative to the Borscht Belt
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Books Why a little-known Jewish writer from Belgium went viral — and why you should read her too
Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel 'I Who Have Never Known Men' has become a TikTok sensation
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Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
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Culture The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
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