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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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For Bob Dylan’s 82nd birthday, his 10 most Jewish songs
There's more to the Nobel laureate's Jewish oeuvre than his take on 'Hava Nagilah'
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Books A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers
“The book is about trying to figure out why [conspiracies latched onto] this wealthy Jewish family and not another wealthy Jewish family. Or why not the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Waltons?”
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Zelenskyy deserves his Time award — but he doesn’t need it
An expert at controlling his image, the Ukrainian president has made himself into a star to the benefit of Ukraine.
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125 years later, is Dracula antisemitic — or is he just another vampire?
Some critics have seen evidence of blood libel in Bram Stoker's classic story, but these accusations don't always hold up to scrutiny
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Why a seemingly unconventional casting choice makes perfect sense in a story of Holocaust survival
A father explains how his son's role gives added depth and resonance to Karen Hartman's 'The Lucky Star'
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Film & TV Four decades later, a Jewish iconoclast’s searing film gets its debut
94-year-old Michael Roemer’s 1984 ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ confronts the themes that have preoccupied him throughout his career
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Is Madison Cawthorn’s ‘gentile politics’ a dog whistle or a dumb misspelling?
The phrase could become dangerous, but he may not have meant it that way
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Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds are still going strong on Twitter
After David Rothschild —no relation to the banking family — clapped back at an Elon Musk tweet, things quickly devolved into antisemitic conspiracies.
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Why there is no holiday more tragic than Lag B’Omer for my family
79 years ago, much of Ann Weiss’ family was murdered by the Nazis
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Alison Leiby wants you to laugh at her abortion. Will it actually help?
In “Oh God, A Show About Abortion,” the Jewish comedian mines her own experience for jokes.
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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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Film & TV He saved dozens of kids in Auschwitz — he kept it a secret for nearly the rest of his life
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Looking Forward I’m probably going to be on the government’s list of Jews at UPenn
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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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