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Composer Fanny Hensel: The less famous, equally talented Mendelssohn?
Hensel, sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn, expressed herself in intriguingly individualistic effusions
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‘Hacks’ returns, but its confident rhythm does not
The show's heart and message are hard to find in season two, even as Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart's chemistry sizzles.
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New York Voices In a new exhibit on Eldridge Street, an artist dreams of kosher hot dogs
Jewish folk artist Steve Marcus brings his winning weiner drawings to the East Village
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‘The Music Man’ was the last great goyish musical
Meredith Willson’s 1957 hit isn’t even a little bit Jewish. It marks the last time this was true of a popular musical on the American stage.
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Film & TV The greatest Jewish superhero on television isn’t who you think it is
Moon Knight’s superpowers pale in comparison to the skills of a stand-up comedian
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Bintel Brief ‘Can you have too many blessings?’ Bintel fans respond to Heartbroken Bubbe’s concern about her granddaughter being baptized
In a previous column, Bintel told Heartbroken Bubbe to "be the source of Yiddishkeit." Readers had thoughts.
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After 2-year delay, Philip Guston art exhibit explores his Jewish identity — under cloud of controversy
The exhibit, which has been dogged by worries about its portrayal of KKK figures, delves deep into the influential painter’s Holocaust themes and Jewish biography.
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National Shabbaton inspires Jews of color with the power of connecting as family
This year's gathering drew 105 diverse Jews and allies from 12 states and the District of Columbia
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Did Jewish theologians predict Doctor Strange’s alternate realities?
Here's what the multiverse of Midrash has to say about Marvel's latest box office hit.
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Larry King wasn’t the only big shot from Bensonhurst
The author recalls the early days of the Warriors and his father Herbie Cohen, the world's greatest negotiator
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Can a new Israeli Netflix historical drama succeed if it flunks history?
‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ spans the decades from Ottoman rule to nationhood. Yet somehow, the politics and events of the era are missing from the show.
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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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News Abdul El-Sayed is courting Jewish voters — without moderating his views on Israel
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News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?
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Fast Forward Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing
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Fast Forward Former antisemitic activist Lucas Gage explains to Jewish podcast why he left the movement
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Sports This year’s biggest World Cup upset came from its most Jew-ish team