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Film & TV
In an Orthodox Western, Jewish soul breaks through the tropes
‘Guns and Moses’ misses the mark on plot, but hits a bullseye on Jewish representation
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For 110 years, a proudly Jewish family has been a treasured purveyor of pork
How Teitel Brothers on Arthur Avenue keeps Jewish values and Italian food in the family
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The Melania Trump Opera House won’t change hearts and minds — not even the president’s
A Republican proposal to name the Kennedy Center Opera Center after the first lady misunderstands how art works
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Music Remembering Ozzy Osbourne’s Jewish vow renewal
The Prince of Darkness was reluctant to have a rabbi officiate — until he was offered wine
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Books In a time of xenophobia, displacement and distraction, we need Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ more than ever
Informed by scholarship and family history, Daniel Mendelsohn's translation is both vital and timely
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Why a Gaza doctor’s striking video about starving babies has gone viral
The doctor in the video is gaunt, visibly malnourished himself, yet he only mentions the hunger of the babies in his care
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How a trailblazing Jewish scientist is still revolutionizing the world of astronomy
Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move
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In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy
With her choreodrama 'Sh'ma,' Suki John transforms a family story into something universal and visceral
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Looking Forward Katz’s Deli is a mecca for food influencers — it kills me to see them butcher its good name
Some of the most-viewed videos of the New York institution bungle their delivery
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Film & TV Whoever said ‘you can’t take it with you’ never reckoned with this Jewish patriarch
The documentary 'Death & Taxes' explores estate law, entitlement, inheritance and the family legacy of former Sony president Harvey Schein
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On the border between hipster and Hasidic, a Brooklyn barbershop specializes in Orthodox haircuts
For the Bukharian Jewish barbers on Williamsburg's Kent Avenue, payot are no problem
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