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Culture
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We want to hear your stories about religion in public schools
After a Supreme Court decision allowed a football coach to lead prayers, Jews are telling their stories of growing up in Christian-dominated schools. We want yours.
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Was ‘Blazing Saddles’ better than ‘Young Frankenstein?’ — an exclusive Forward investigation
Ranking Mel Brooks' films from 11-to-1
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A tribute to Leopold Bloom and two different takes on motherhood: The Jewish books you need to know this month
What we've read and where we've been
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In the wake of the Supreme Court abortion decision, will the real gonif please stand up?
According to our columnist, there's a Yiddish word to describe senators like Susan Collins
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Following the path of Martin Luther and Spinoza, Rusty Bowers makes the case for reverence
In his testimony, the speaker of the Arizona House echoed the statements of those who were deemed heretics
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In ‘1982,’ one day tells an entire war’s story
For his feature film debut, Oualid Mouaness drew on boyhood memories of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
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‘His Russia is now illegal in Russia’ — how exiled musicians are finding a home away from home
JetLAG bills itself as the largest festival of Russian, Slavic, Balkan and East European music in the US
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This law professor argued that Reform Jews aren’t devout enough to merit religious freedom
Blackman argued that a Florida synagogue asserting a religious freedom right to abortion doesn’t have strict enough beliefs to need protection.
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Film & TV ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ is a charmer – but its Jewish characters need some work
Cooper Raiff's film, on Apple TV+ follows a non-Jewish b'nai mitzvah hype man
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At the birthplace of the ballistic missile, a concert for peace
In its first appearance abroad since 2019, the New York Philharmonic performed at a German music festival located in a former Nazi munitions factory.
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Meet every Jewish name that has ever been inscribed on NHL’s Stanley Cup
Cecil Hart was the first, but there have been dozens and dozens more
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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Fast Forward Israeli man indicted in attack on Catholic nun in Jerusalem’s Old City
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Fast Forward Jewish real estate magnate Steven Roth likens Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ rhetoric to ‘from the river to the sea’
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Fast Forward Man who firebombed Boulder Israeli hostage march sentenced to life in prison
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News LA Orthodox school’s former guidance counselor will avoid jail time in sex abuse case