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Culture
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In the most talked-about Epstein File exchange, a lesson in Yiddish
When speaking of Donald Trump’s travails, Epstein invoked ‘tsuris’
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When Jews really did wage a ‘war on Christmas’
A new book recalls the “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906,” when immigrants fought for the separation of church and state in public schools
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This Jesus horror movie could have used more heresy
Critics worried 'The Carpenter's Son' would be blasphemous but it hews to orthodox interpretations
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Film & TV Her parents fled Mexico and Mandatory Palestine, taking their traumas with them
In the documentary ‘Traces of Home,’ Colette Ghunim grapples with the burdens she hoped she'd never have to face
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Looking Forward So, there was a swastika at my Airbnb
The way Indians handle the Nazi appropriation of a sacred symbol could be a lesson for Jews
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Books Esteemed by Oscar Wilde, England’s ‘greatest Jewess’ may finally be getting her due
A recent acquisition by Cambridge University will burnish the reputation of Victorian Jewish writer Amy Levy
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Film & TV The cheesy way to do teshuvah
‘The Big Cheese’ follows an American team vying for dairy gold in Europe
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Is the movie ‘Nuremberg’ about the wrong psychiatrist?
The movie stars Rami Malek as the psychiatrist Douglas Kelley — but what about Leon Goldensohn?
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Film & TV At Grossinger’s in the Catskills, Jews learned how to be American
'We Met at Grossinger's' provides an in-depth look at one of the Borscht Belt's most famous resorts
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A young Muslim woman moved in with a 96-year-old Jewish actress – and it was bashert
A pair of unlikely roommates share Yiddish, baklava and life lessons
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Film & TV Amy Goodman has been a fearless journalist for more than four decades; she says her Jewish roots made her that way
The documentary ‘Steal This Story, Please!’ shows Goodman’s journey to co-founding ‘Democracy Now!’ and her plans to keep fighting censorship
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward Trump urges Iran to make a deal after Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in 2 months
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News Maine Democrats are poised to nominate Graham Platner, as Jewish Democrats withhold support
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Fast Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president.
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Fast Forward Canada’s new council to tackle antisemitism divides Jewish groups