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Culture
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Is William Shatner’s ‘Life of Awe’ the memoir we need now?
Just in time for Yom Kippur, ‘Boldly Go’ offers the 'Star Trek' actor's lessons on personal growth and the world around us
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This non-Jewish nanny knows more about keeping kosher than you
On TikTok, Adriana Fernandez shares her adventures and discoveries nannying for Orthodox families
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Why Mort Sahl should be the next host of ‘The Daily Show’
We can revive him. We have the technology.
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Books ‘I’m here with my two Jewish lawyers’: How Trump was pushed to disavow David Duke
In new book, veteran reporter Maggie Haberman highlights Donald Trump’s 'uncertainty' about disassociating himself from the nation's most famous white supremacist
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30 years ago, Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon starred in ‘School Ties’ — one of Hollywood’s few movies about antisemitism at school
The flick about a Jewish quarterback at an elite prep school tanked in theaters but became a cultural touchstone
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How the Manischewitz gets made — a behind-the-scenes taste of America’s most iconic kosher wine
For the syrupy Concord grape wine to be kosher, it all has to be made over the course of one, single week, known as 'Kosher Crush'
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On Yom Kippur, remembering Mosul’s rich and diverse past
Dozens of religious relics and buildings conjure up memories of a long-ago interfaith community
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Film & TV ‘The most riveting and raw documentary I have ever seen’
In 'Last Flight Home,' Ondi Timoner chronicles her ailing father's decision to end his own life
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Music RIP Coolio, who breathed new life into a familiar psalm
The 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper repurposed Psalm 23 to reflect his own reality
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Art A risk-taking photographer who addressed his own suffering by documenting the sufferings of others
David 'Chim' Seymour captured images of refugee children, as well as Audrey Hepburn and Gina Lollobrigida
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So, what’s up with all that kissing in synagogue? (No, not the people — the Torah!)
Born into a Christian cult, a Jewish writer discovers the meaning behind a practice she once found puzzling
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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