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Film & TV
Why ‘The Brutalist’ resonated so deeply with me
Brady Corbet's film knows well the architecture of compromise and the artist's struggles between power and design
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She’s Jewish and wrote 12 Hallmark Christmas movies (and 2 about Hanukkah)
One film was inspired by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, while another has a less famous muse: a friend from the Jewish Federation
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This ancient archeological marvel celebrates the defeat of King David — does it prove he existed?
The Tel Dan stele, currently on display at the Jewish Museum, is the oldest non-biblical mention of the House of David.
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Paintings of unbearable life in the Lodz Ghetto
An exhibit in Warsaw displays artwork created by Jews as a strategy for staying alive.
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Music For Bob Dylan’s biographer, ‘A Complete Unknown’ is a dream come true — even if it’s mostly fiction
Elijah Wald's 'Dylan Goes Electric' inspired the new Timothée Chalamet-led Dylan biopic
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They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka
The tale of Schick's Bakery is one of 20th-century ingenuity and 21st-century capitalism
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Why Pastramakah should become the next great Jewish tradition
Started in a Las Vegas bar, the celebration marries cured meats and the Festival of Lights
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Film & TV This Hallmark Hanukkah film is a minor miracle
‘Hanukkah on the Rocks’ is not purely for the goyishe gaze
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Every American Hanukkah special, movie and TV episode worth knowing about
Adam Sandler, Hallmark and Disney deep cuts for your viewing pleasure
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A loss that leaves a bagel-sized hole on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
Why I’m mourning the closing of Absolute Bagels
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‘A Complete Unknown’ proves that one thing about Bob Dylan will certainly endure
The new Dylan movie packs an emotional wallop, even if it fakes just like a biopic
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