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Culture
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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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How a Black, queer, Jewish artist uses her work to change the world
The art of 24-year-old Ayeola Omolara Kaplan confronts racism, antisemitism and misogyny
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Ernest Hemingway was a great writer. He was also an antisemite
How do we grapple with the remarks the author made in his fiction and in his correspondence?
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In Satmar Williamsburg, even the Legos wear yarmulkes
Frieda Vizel left the Satmar world at 25 — but she still visits twice a week to give tours of Hasidic Williamsburg
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A Neil Diamond show heads to Broadway. Just don’t call it a jukebox musical
'A Beautiful Noise' chronicles the superstar's triumphs but doesn't shy away from his struggles
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Film & TV The very Jewish history of Comic-Con
Held in New York in 1964, the first comic convention was the brainchild of 5 Jewish teenagers
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Who serves the best kosher pizza in NYC? We found out
We regret to inform you that at least one Ashkenazi digestive tract was harmed during this investigation
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He wrote a beloved prayer book. But his gravestone misspelled his name.
Philip Birnbaum, who died in 1988, was a man careful with language, yet a stone of eight words had three errors
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Film & TV Were the Three Stooges a lot more Jewish than we realized?
There’s a lot more to the comic trio’s Jewishness than the Yiddish they inserted in their skits
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Film & TV Why a show about ‘The Godfather’ is the best Jewish TV right now
‘The Offer,’ a miniseries on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, emphasizes Jewish resonances in an iconic immigrant tale
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