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Culture
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The ephemeral beauty of a loaf of challah, immortalized in art
An archive of challahs past, ‘Parchment,’ from artist Rob Shostak, makes use of the delicate imprints each loaf leaves during the baking process
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Books Why Truman Capote and Norman Mailer claimed there was a Jewish ‘Literary Mafia’
A new book details the rise of Jews in publishing and argues for their success as a model for other minority groups
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Film & TV Why ‘Nope’ spotlights Jewish prophets and mitzvahs
Jordan Peele’s blockbuster quotes the prophet Nahum and gives pride of place to the number 613
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Film & TV For Norman Lear on his 100th birthday
The sitcom king kept tukheses in line and gave TV a social conscience — and he’s still going strong
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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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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion The latest victim of the culture war over Israel is a leftwing, lapsed Catholic Bible scholar
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Fast Forward Antisemitic incidents in Germany remained elevated in 2025, fueled by rise-in far-right cases
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Culture The manosphere says women owe their husbands sex — Judaism says the opposite
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Fast Forward Georgia’s Jewish senator called his newly minted GOP opponent an antisemite. Why?