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Culture
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She was Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s friend and frequent dining partner — was that kosher?
In Nina Totenberg's 'Dinners With Ruth,' the veteran NPR correspondent details her relationship with RBG
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The Armory Show shocked the art world in 1913. Here’s what to expect this year
200 galleries from 30 countries offer up art this weekend in New York — including, of course, work by a number of Jewish artists
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Film & TV Over 25,000 Jewish partisans fought back against the Nazis. A new film tells 8 of their stories.
Director Julia Mintz interviewed some of the last surviving partisans for her documentary 'Four Winters'
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The Jewish afterlife: How New York preserves memories across generations
How a great-uncle’s death and an ice cream flavor got me thinking about the phrase ‘may their memory be for a blessing’
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Books An urgent call during Kol Nidre: The time this top prosecutor had to work on Yom Kippur
Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. Attorney who was fired by Donald Trump, was in synagogue when a prosecutor called to ask whether Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman should be arrested
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Long a friend of the Jews, King Charles is a mensch for all seasons
The English monarch is a noted fan of Jewish culture and has championed many a Jewish cause
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Stepping into the ‘Funny Girl’ spotlight, Lea Michele tries to save the show — and herself
Taking the spotlight after Beanie Feldstein's tumultuous departure, the controversial star has to rehabilitate herself while propping up a flailing production
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Art A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
Some legal scholars say the law is an example of ‘compelled speech’ and may violate the First Amendment
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‘He was not even a Jew or a person; he was a force’ — Sid Caesar at 100
Born in Yonkers in 1922, the creator of 'Your Show of Shows' was part pugilist, part comic
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Art How a Holocaust survivor from Slovakia became a modern-day Chagall
93-year-old Tibor Spitz found a second (or maybe a third) life as an artist
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Film & TV The greatest Jewish Hollywood character you’ve never heard of
How a cigar-chomping producer named Maurice Duke became king of B (or maybe C) movies
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Yiddish װערטער װאָס ראַטעװען: ירמיהו אַהרן טאַובס נײַ ביכל לידערWords of rescue: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s new book of poetry
באַזונדערש רירנדיק דאָ זײַנען די בילדער פֿון משפּחה־רײַבונגען, פֿון באַגעגענישן װאָס ברענגען נישט צו קײן עמאָציאָנעלע פֿאַרשטענדיקונגען.
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Fast Forward Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions
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Fast Forward Rutgers disinvites commencement speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’
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Fast Forward Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass