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Culture
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Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ is coming back to theaters. Here’s how it changed one actor’s life
Steven Skybell, who played Tevye in a production scuppered by the pandemic, spent lockdown learning Yiddish songs
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Music Is it possible to separate Roger Waters’ music from his politics?
The 78-year-old made his name with Pink Floyd, but his vocal opposition to Israel has complicated his relationship with his Jewish fans
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Film & TV How a great Jewish actor made a name for himself by playing antisemites and other villains
David Warner, who appeared in 'Morgan,' 'Time Bandits,' and a lost film with Bob Dylan, has died at age 80
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First Person Of secret hookups and chocolate ice cream: Inside the Israel teen-tour COVID hotel
When you put a bunch of bored teenagers in a small space, nothing will stop them from making out
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Is Hulu’s Victoria’s Secret documentary trafficking in antisemitic conspiracy theories?
Yes, billionaire Les Wexner, the company’s CEO, was close with Jeffrey Epstein. But it’s not clear this had much to do with the lingerie brand.
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The secret Jewish history of Joni Mitchell
The artist once said that her song 'Both Sides Now' was inspired by a passage from a Saul Bellow novel
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Theater Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ returns to New York with director Joel Grey and original Tevye Steven Skybell
The award-winning Folksbiene production will play off-Broadway’s New World Stages this fall in a limited engagement
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Music I was up onstage with Bob Dylan at Newport the night he went electric
For keyboardist Barry Goldberg, the legendary 1965 folk festival started out as a nightmare but ended up as a dream
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Bintel Brief I was offended by a Dungeons & Dragons scenario. Should I quit the people I play with?
‘A Bintel Brief’ advises a high schooler questioning friends who had her roleplay an ICE raid
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In the rarified world of Jewish letters, a mind-boggling font of Jewish history
Faux-Hebrew text has become ubiquitous, but did it start out as something Jewish or antisemitic?
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Books Seeking sexual liberty, but staying Hasidic: In a new novel, a young woman tries to have it all
Felicia Berliner’s debut novel features an ultra-Orthodox pornography addict
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Opinion Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews
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Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
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Opinion Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next
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Opinion Hungary is poised to topple an authoritarian leader. American Jews have something to learn
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