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Culture
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Why it was dangerous in Nazi Germany to be both a Jewish woman and a composer
A new book lays out how Hitler's thugs targeted artists such as Camille Frydan and Josefine Auspitz-Winter
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How the grandson of Jewish diamond dealers created the greatest rock ’n’ roll swindle of all time
There was method to the madness of the Sex Pistols — and his name was Malcolm McLaren
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Why Don McLean’s pro-NRA stance is head-spinning but unsurprising
50 years after 'American Pie,' the songwriter has become another good ole boy drinkin' whisky and rye
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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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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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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
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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