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Culture
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What we talk about when we talk about Uvalde
While politicians seem useless in the face of the latest horrific tragedy, the works of the ancient Greeks provide more useful insights
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Books New Yiddish stories and nonfiction for ‘Mrs. Maisel’ fans: The Jewish books you need to know this spring
Our favorite new releases, plus a trip to New York's antiquarian book fair
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Art In ‘Gefilte Fish,’ a metaphor for once and future trauma
In her art, Yuliya Lanina addresses the silence surrounding the Holocaust and the war in Ukraine
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For Bob Dylan’s 82nd birthday, his 10 most Jewish songs
There's more to the Nobel laureate's Jewish oeuvre than his take on 'Hava Nagilah'
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Books A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers
“The book is about trying to figure out why [conspiracies latched onto] this wealthy Jewish family and not another wealthy Jewish family. Or why not the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Waltons?”
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Zelenskyy deserves his Time award — but he doesn’t need it
An expert at controlling his image, the Ukrainian president has made himself into a star to the benefit of Ukraine.
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125 years later, is Dracula antisemitic — or is he just another vampire?
Some critics have seen evidence of blood libel in Bram Stoker's classic story, but these accusations don't always hold up to scrutiny
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Why a seemingly unconventional casting choice makes perfect sense in a story of Holocaust survival
A father explains how his son's role gives added depth and resonance to Karen Hartman's 'The Lucky Star'
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Film & TV Four decades later, a Jewish iconoclast’s searing film gets its debut
94-year-old Michael Roemer’s 1984 ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ confronts the themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career
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Is Madison Cawthorn’s ‘gentile politics’ a dog whistle or a dumb misspelling?
The phrase could become dangerous, but he may not have meant it that way
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Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds are still going strong on Twitter
After David Rothschild —no relation to the banking family — clapped back at an Elon Musk tweet, things quickly devolved into antisemitic conspiracies.
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