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Books
When the Saudi Crown Prince interrupts your Seder – and more things we learned from Jared Kushner’s new memoir
Kushner’s book, ‘Breaking History: A White House Memoir,’ is due out on Tuesday
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Is ‘Bambi’ about Jewish persecution, Zionism or something else?
The life of Felix Salten, author of “Bambi: A Life in the Woods” was marked by antisemitism
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Bintel Brief I’m dating a guy who earns much less than I do. Can it work?
Bintel advises a listener wondering whether to consider a life partner who cannot contribute financially to their partnership
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Art The Jewish Museum’s new exhibit is barely Jewish. Does that matter?
A new exhibit on the early ’60s has little to do with Judaism or Jewish identity. Why is it at the Jewish Museum?
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What does God think about a Texas school district banning the Bible?
Hear God’s thoughts in this exclusive interview with the almighty
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In the ‘Better Call Saul’ finale, our antihero embodies a Jewish virtue
After 6 seasons, Jimmy McGill emerges as someone we can root for
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Meet the Jewish songbird who dropped everything to save Ukrainian lives
Ukrainian American singer Daniil Cherkasskiy felt little connection to his home country. But after the Russian invasion, he knew what he had to do
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A philosopher went viral for tweeting about ‘polite dinners’ with Nazis. Here’s what he really thinks
Jason Stanley caused an uproar — but he says confronting the reality of post-Nazi Germany is essential for understanding the world today
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Books Salman Rushdie — like Jewish history — shows how wars against ideas end in bloodshed
The first step in the genocide of a people is often a war against their ideas. For leaders who aim to hold their own people hostage, censorship of free expression is the quickest way to fake absolute power, dominance and control.
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Jimmy, Saul or David? How ‘Better Call Saul’ upends a biblical rivalry
Names matter in the world of “Better Call Saul” — especially the title character's
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We spoke to Miriam, the Hebrew tutor Nathan Fielder hired for his fake family on HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’
Meet Miriam Eskenasy: "an Israeli, New York, chutzpahdik, Jewish person"
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Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
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Opinion During WWII, a heroic Jewish lawyer warned against the dangers of a dual state — is it coming true in Trump’s America?
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News Ronnie Eldridge was one of NYC’s toughest political minds
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Fast Forward A suspect in the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center now leads Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
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Fast Forward Jewish groups ask Pentagon to stop Messianic chaplains from wearing Jewish insignia
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