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Culture
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A gala for Jewish Queer Youth celebrates untold, queer Jewish stories
Rachel Sussman was the inaugural honoree for the nonprofit advocating for observant queer Jews
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No matter whose side you’re on — Israeli or Palestinian — these sites are gonna dox you
Canary Mission and Reverse Canary Mission list out their enemies' sins for an online mob
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How Joe Biden developed his lifelong affection for Jews
A journalist once said that a Jewish holiday should be declared to celebrate the former president
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How Hitler and Ye sent a wish for fortune and good health straight to ‘heil’
Thanks to Ye's latest 'song,' the word 'heil' is spreading like an epidemic
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A great Israeli author’s searing reflection on Oct. 7 would be a must-read — if you could find it in English
In 'The Ground Floor,' acclaimed detective novelist Dror Mishani turns to nonfiction to bear witness to catastrophe
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How the Oct. 7 aftermath splintered the New York Dyke March
Amid debates on Zionism, the beloved Pride month ritual saw a founder ejected and an organizer doxxed
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Film & TV Is there a Messianic Jew on Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’?
A Jewish character wears a necklace with a Messianic seal at a Hanukkah celebration
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Ye’s antisemitism is old news, but it’s time to pay attention again
The artist's newest song, 'Heil Hitler,' is doing numbers online, which is noteworthy
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Art How the war changed an artist’s life, his politics — and his painting
Before Oct. 7, Sam Griffin's work was personal and introspective; then he was drafted into the Israeli army
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The towering Jewish critic who taught me to grok art and hate Picasso
After Max Kozloff died at 91, a New York community came together to remember and to mourn
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The woman who saved stolen Jewish art — and the writer who is finally telling her story
The hero of Michelle Young's 'The Art Spy' is Rose Valland — a quiet, relentless French art historian who risked everything to save Jewish-owned art from the Nazis
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
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Fast Forward Mamdani said NYPD boots were ‘laced by the IDF.’ What is the relationship between U.S. police and Israel?
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Books She claims she saw Hitler’s ashes and danced with Goering. But is any of it true?
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Culture How ‘Spiritually Israeli’ became a slur that isn’t really about Israel
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Fast Forward Trump calls Jews who vote for Mamdani ‘stupid’
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