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Film & TV
Our preeminent historian of the Jews is finally ready to confront Auschwitz
In 'Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On,' the author and PBS host leads an intimate journey into the humanity and inhumanity of the Shoah
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Hidden in a famous WWII photo, two heroic Jewish stories
The Elbe Day picture captured American and Russian armies uniting against the Nazis — and cemented two Jewish soldiers in history
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How this Marc Chagall painting explains Pope Francis’ soul
The late pope's favorite painting was a reaction to the horrors of the Nazi regime
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In Pope Francis, a voice for interfaith dialogue and against antisemitism
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, the Pope cited Jewish theologians and psychoanalysts as influences
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How an Israeli dance company shaped a Catholic school boy’s life
Choreographer Billy Barry had barely heard of Israeli dance company Batsheva — until it changed his life
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How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’
Jewish entrepreneur Ari Siegel secured a $250,000 investment on the show for his business, History By Mail
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Books What is ‘Zionism without Zion?’ New history asks, but can’t answer
In ‘Melting Point’, Rachel Cockerell provides lots of historical sources, but little insight into what they’re saying
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In the new Fantastic Four trailer, a glimpse of Yancy Street’s Yiddishkeit
Keep your eyes peeled in the new movie for challahs and tikkun olam
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‘Shtisel’ star Sasson Gabay is happy to be back playing a complex haredi Orthodox Jew in ‘Kugel’
The Iraqi-born actor, who plays the Yiddish-speaking Nuhem, has reprised the role for a prequel series titled 'Kugel'
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Film & TV How the Hebrew Bible helped me write He-Man (and a Salvation Army special)
The man who developed 'Masters of the Universe' explains Eternia's undersung Yiddishkeit
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Actor Ben Platt says his Jewish identity is ‘not defined’ by Israel, showing a gap between him and his influential family
Platt’s comments are his first on the topic since early in the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
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Fast Forward What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements
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BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
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Fast Forward Why Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Zohran Mamdani is fueling antisemitism fears
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