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Film & TV
Why is the new Leonard Bernstein Netflix movie code-named Rybernia?
The production alias of the biopic shows that writer-director-star Bradley Cooper did his research
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How Ted Cruz’s bizarre suggestion made ‘Triangle Shirtwaist Elementary’ a thing.
The Texas senator said that fewer doors could have prevented the massacre in Texas; Twitter responded with memories of the 1911 tragedy
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Film & TV Remembering Ray Liotta’s most Jewish scene
Liotta wasn't Jewish, but he seemed to understand Jews
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Books ‘It’s a spiritual earthquake’: When rabbis become sexual abusers
Based on interviews with 84 victims and survivors of sexual abuse, Elana Sztokman’s new book examines how Jewish communities often turn a blind eye to abusers – and even support them.
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Bintel Brief In a hot real estate market, is it ethical to give an acquaintance a leg up?
“Do I owe the person who's a casual friend any head start over the person who's a stranger to me?”
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On The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ a minyan of notable Jews
55 years ago, the band’s seminal album appeared, and Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan and Albert Einstein were among those on the cover
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A schmaltzy fish tale for the hard of herring
The Forward’s lox columnist explains the origins and varieties of one of his favorite delicacies
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JewBelong’s billboards are everywhere. But who are they and what are they selling?
The hot pink anti-antisemitism billboards have drawn accolades and criticism alike for their strident and irreverent tone — and their politics.
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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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Exclusive Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you
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Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
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Opinion Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews
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Opinion Mahmoud Khalil’s reassurances are bad for Jews but even worse for Palestinians
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News Iran’s regime is obsessed with Jeffrey Epstein
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Fast Forward Dan Bilzerian wants to ‘kill Israelis’ and thinks Judaism is ‘terrible.’ Now he’s running for Congress.
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Fast Forward After AIPAC-backed primary loss, Tom Malinowski endorses rival who says Israel committed genocide
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Opinion Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next
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