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That time my violin teacher tried to convert me to Christianity
New guidelines from the Trump administration encourage proselytizing. It brings up memories
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Film & TV Why Jews will miss the Corporation for Public Broadcasting terribly
Targeted by Trump, CPB — which helped bring us documentaries about Jewish culture as well as 'Sesame Street' — will close next year
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Did the Bible foreshadow the hit reality series ‘Married at First Sight’?
From Isaac and Rebekah to reality TV: The Torah’s arranged marriages may have more in common with modern matchmaking than you think
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21-year-old solitary Jewish female (me) seeks human contact at ‘The Jewish Dating Game’
Some Jewish singles escaped the dating app Matrix and found love the old-fashioned way. Me, I won a pack of free aikido classes.
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Music How the Yiddish ‘poet of the people’ wrote more than 500 songs yet struggled to be heard
Arriving in America in the 1890's, Shloime “Solomon” Smulewitz became the epitome of the 'Wandering Jew'
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How should you tell someone that a loved one died? Judaism offers an answer.
Judaism teaches us that in the hardest moments, presence and clear communication can bring comfort. Here’s what we can learn from Jewish tradition when bearing bad news.
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‘Eddington’ is full of conspiracy theories but it’s not about Jews. Or is it?
Ari Aster’s pandemic Western explores a small town that is losing its mind in misinformation
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It’s a classic Yiddish saying — but did it come from a biblical story about Jesus?
The origins of the phrase 'you can't dance at two weddings with one behind' has uncertain origins, but one scholar has a surprising idea
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Film & TV How Jon Stewart evolved on Israel — at least on ‘The Daily Show’
Stewart went from joking about taking a side to saying Israel’s ‘inhumane’ actions are untenable
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A voice for his generation, Tom Lehrer found laughter even in the most sensitive aspects of Jewish life and history
Lehrer, who famously left show business behind to teach, has died at 97
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Looking Forward Why you can’t judge a record by its cover — even if it’s full of swastikas
'Hitler's Inferno' is a record of Nazi marching songs with a surprising Jewish history
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Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
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