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Culture
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Film & TV
A gory horror series with Billy Crystal and Itzhak Perlman? Who is this for?
‘Before’ is too shallow to be smart and too silly to be scary
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Books Trump wants generals like Hitler’s. Does that make him a fascist?
A historian weighs in on the rise of the F word in American politics
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Books Sitting shiva for his wife, an overcaffeinated academic is scalded by grief
Mark Haber's 'Lesser Ruins' brews a potent mix of Montaigne's 'Essays' and electronic house music
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Music How George Harrison, the Beatles’ unsung hero, wrote his own ‘Hallelujah’
Author Seth Rogovoy thinks Harrison is an 'underdog' who deserves more credit
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Would you put jalapeños in matzo ball soup? This Mexican Jewish cookbook says, ‘sí’
New 'Sabor Judio' cookbook delivers recipes with New World flavors and Old World traditions
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Books This writer has finally forgiven Glenn Close; whether Glenn Close cares is another story
Bruce Eric Kaplan's latest tells a cautionary tale of adventures in the screen trade
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Music The accordion is an instrument of sorrow and celebration — does that make it Jewish?
Reportedly invented in 1822, the accordion has been associated with Jewish music throughout its history
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Books The true story behind ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is a profoundly Jewish one
Andre Aciman's new memoir explores life in a constant diaspora
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Arnold Rothstein did fix the World Series and other Jewish facts from a historian of baseball and New York
Kevin Baker, author of ‘The New York Game,’ talks America’s pastime
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Politics How sci-fi visionary Isaac Asimov foresaw the madness of our forthcoming election
In Asimov's short story 'Franchise,' a super-computer runs elections and only one man gets to vote
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Books ‘Humans of Judaism’ tells the Jewish story, from the shtetl to Sandy Koufax to Hasidic rapper Nissim Black
The founder of the viral page calls the book a ‘family photo album’
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