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Books
Legendary ‘King of Comedy’ Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls
Christopher Lewis’ book about his father explores the star’s Yiddish-speaking upbringing and his role in raising billions of dollars to fight muscular dystrophy
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
The singer-songwriter speaks in depth about antisemitism in new HBO documentary 'And So It Goes'
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She was my Hebrew school bully — and I finally learned what happened to her
It was supposed to be a secular humanist synagogue, but it seemed a lot more like 'Lord of the Flies'
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Books They nurtured the fantasies of millions of readers — did they also pave the way for Donald Trump?
In Michael Grynbaum's new book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a tastemaking empire
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Why is the Department of Homeland Security quoting the Bible on Instagram?
Christian nationalism has become an overt motivation for Trump's deportation efforts
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
James Gunn tackles a fictional international crisis, but doesn't give its Middle Eastern-coded characters much dignity
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Film & TV Does the ‘Superman’ twist ruin his Jewish roots?
James Gunn’s changed origin for the character comes uncomfortably close to antisemitic talking points
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Film & TV Elmo went on an antisemitic tirade — and it strangely isn’t the first time
The beloved Muppet’s X account was hacked
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Books This Jazz Age nightclub launched Rudy Vallée, silenced a Jewish tenor — and hosted boozy prohibition soirées with Amelia Earhart
The Heigh-Ho was co-founded by George Palmer Putnam who fell hard for America's most beloved aviator
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‘If Yiddish isn’t safe at Brandeis, where is it safe?’
Brandeis planned to put its Yiddish program 'on hiatus' — until the Yiddish community spoke out.
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Disney fixed a Messianic necklace, but there’s still work to do on Jewish representation, says advocate
A Jewish character on 'Mickey Mouse Funhouse' no longer wears a necklace with a Jesus fish
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