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Film & TV
In a film from Israel, three characters in search of a love language
Expanded from an Oscar-nominated Israeli short, ‘Dead Language’ goes deeper into our failures to communicate
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Film & TV In unheard recordings, Andy Kaufman emerges — a kinder, gentler soul than you may expect, or hope to see
‘Andy Kaufman is Me’ cuts through some of the mystique of the controversial comic
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Film & TV In Jerusalem, everything is political — even the stone architects used to design the city
Danae Elon’s film 'Rule of Stone' explores the history behind Jerusalem’s architecture
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Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books. Now he’s handing over the keys.
The founding president of the Yiddish Book Center is retiring, confident that Yiddish literature has a future
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That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
It was a normal summer internship at the Yiddish Book Center ... until the Jedi invaded our turf
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In the Trump-Musk feud, both sides are united by antisemitism
The supporters of both powerful men went on attack, using the same strategy: accusations of Jewish control
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Pittsburgh Transit has a new pickle-themed ‘rider etiquette’ campaign. Is it Jewish?
An anthropomorphic pickle reminds riders to ‘keep it kosher’
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Persecuted by the KGB, a Jewish master soared to new heights in the West
Born in Marc Chagall's hometown, the Russian Jewish dancer Valery Panov has died at 87
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Schmear campaign: Andrew Cuomo’s bacon bagel blunder bothers NY Jews
Cuomo orders a ‘bacon, cheese and egg on an English muffin’
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This comedy dating show is bringing dildos to synagogue
'Love Isn't Blind,' the brainchild of comedian Allison Goldberg, is making shidduchs
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Film & TV In a time of darkness and trauma in Israel, a profound new film offers a dose of ‘Bliss’
Shemi Zarhin's latest film is a meditation on living and loving in the wake of illness and disappointment
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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