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My boyfriend died in May. It showed me how meaningful Jewish mourning rituals can be — and how flawed
Jewish mourning is all about community. That made the process more extraordinary, and more painful
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My parents were refuseniks. Mikhail Gorbachev made our life in the U.S. possible
Rina Shamilov’s parents and grandparents spent years trying to leave the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, who died this week at 91, gave them the freedom to do so.
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The joys of catching a baseball at the Giants’ Jewish heritage night — thrown by a Jewish player
What I took away from Giants Jewish Heritage night? An official MLB baseball and a bruise to accompany it
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How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger
16-year-old producer Aviad Poznansky learned 'Yoel's Niggun' at Jewish summer camp. Now, it's part of rapper JID's newest hit, 'Dance Now.'
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Music He preserved Ukrainian Jewish culture — before, during and after the Shoah
Elena Yakovich’s ‘Song Searcher’ examines how Moyshe Beregovsky recorded Yiddish folksongs and oral traditions
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So, how did Jews fare under Mikhail Gorbachev anyway?
Despite perestroika and glasnost, the former Soviet president had a mixed record concerning the Jewish people
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Ken Kalfus’ new novel will keep you up at night
In '2 A.M. in Little America,' the author imagines the nation thrown into chaos by civil war
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After Hurricane Katrina, a chaotic hospital evacuation led to 45 deaths. Who’s to blame?
'Five Days at Memorial,' a grueling new series from Apple TV+, explores grim choices at a waterlogged hospital.
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Film & TV 7 great new films from Israel coming soon to a (big or small) screen near you
Documentaries and social dramas were among the highlights at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival
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Film & TV ‘The Patient’ is one of the most Jewish shows on television — should it have been more so?
In the FX limited series, Steve Carell says kaddish as a Jewish therapist held hostage
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An Ashkenazi Jew, a New Orleans native living in Harlem — and the beginning of a beautiful collaboration
Alyson Richman and Shaunna J. Edwards have joined forces to create 'The Thread Collectors'
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