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Film & TV
The ‘Wicked’ Munchkins seem pretty Jewish this time around
The musical sequel recalls Nuremberg Laws in a scene added for the film
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How Black music brought me closer to Judaism
In those days in suburban Minneapolis, Jewish felt dorky; Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and John Lee Hooker felt cool
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How a wedding in Oklahoma taught a group of police officers and SWAT team members to care about Judaism and Israel
Before my daughter's marriage, many attendees had never met a Jew
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Film & TV For ill and for good, this ‘Wicked’ song has become ubiquitous
Sung at graduations, funerals and retirement parties, Stephen Schwartz's 'For Good' is now the 'Hallelujah' of showtunes
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A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
In 'No One Saw Us Leave,' the story of a kidnapping rests on the internal dynamics of a tight-knit Jewish community
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A new documentary humanizes Israeli soldiers. It also alleges war crimes.
In 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War,' IDF veterans reckon with their experiences in Gaza
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BINTEL BRIEF ‘My teenager’s going to boarding school. I’m panicked she’ll face antisemitism’
Bintel says it’s good to be there for your kid, but Mom may need some support too
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Grok said Hebrew translation was disabled on X — but it’s not
Why did the social media platform's built-in AI bot hallucinate something so easy to disprove?
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Film & TV In ‘31 Candles,’ a manchild becomes bar mitzvah to court his crush
The rom-com is a messy meditation on American Jewry
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Books The Nazis would have embraced these elite Germans — nevertheless, they resisted
Jonathan Freedland's latest explores why a small group of aristocrats, army officers, diplomats and teachers joined a 'Traitors Circle'
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The world’s oldest known medieval Judaica relic is now its most valuable, too
The 12th-century Kiddush cup, which sheds light on the little-known Jewish community of eastern Khorasan, went for $4 million
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News Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes admits ‘at least 6 million’ Jews were killed in Nazi Germany
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Opinion Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We’re still ignoring the root problem
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Opinion Israel has a crucial lesson to learn from apartheid South Africa. It isn’t what you think
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Politics Anti-BDS order will test Mamdani on day one
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