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Forget being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert — I was caught on Shabbat at Yankee Stadium
A Jewish baseball fan remembers the game that outed him on national television
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Film & TV ‘Caught Stealing’ gives us tough, Hasidic drug lords — is it good for the Jews?
Darren Aronofsky’s nostalgic crime caper packs heat and Yiddish
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The Borscht Belt was a haven for Jews — and for crossdressers
At Casa Susanna, a resort in the Catskills, guests were able to safely express themselves
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Kinky Friedman has been gone a year, but his family’s summer camp lives on
Tom and Min Friedman's Echo Hill Ranch is enjoying a second life as a camp for the children of Gold Star families
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How the phrase ‘It was promised to them 3,000 years ago’ became a ubiquitous meme
The comment appears on every kind of Jewish content, but what does it mean?
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Art For an ‘adventuress’ who memorialized the Holocaust in art, a long-awaited revival
A new exhibit at Indiana University is bringing Anna Walinska's work to a new audience
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The Trump administration says it’s posting ‘banger memes’ — here’s why that’s a problem for Jews
Nazi memes have gone from being a cause for cancellation to a great way to 'own the libs'
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Books In the story of a trip to Auschwitz, family can be a real pain in the tuches
Based on the character Serge from her play ‘Art,’ Yasmina Reza’s novel takes readers into the dysfunctional relationships of the Popper siblings.
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Looking Forward How a beloved TV detective embodies a central Jewish value
When a man liked my 'Columbo' hat, I realized the power of the follow-up question
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Is Netflix’s new show the most Jewish cartoon ever?
Nearly every episode in 'Long Story Short,' from the creator of 'BoJack Horseman,' revolves around a very Jewish moment
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For this historian, anti-Zionism is part of a hallowed Jewish tradition
In 'Citizens of the Whole World,' Benjamin Balthaser explores the buried legacy of the American Jewish Left — and why it's resurfacing now
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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Fast Forward 3 more men arrested in London arson of ambulances owned by Jewish emergency service
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