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	Man almost swallowed by whale is a lot chiller about it than Jonah was
A humpback whale briefly scooped a kayaker in Chile into its mouth
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	Art Vandals destroyed his tribute to Holocaust survivors — and yet this artist persists
AleXsandro Palombo, an Italian muralist, uses his art to educate young people about the Holocaust
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	Film & TV Why a 100-year-old film about a ‘City Without Jews’ seems disturbingly prescient today
Hans Karl Breslauer's 1924 film resonates in an environment of rising antisemitism and threatened mass deportations
 
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	Film & TV An Israeli superhero is the least of the problems with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
Pro-Palestinians picketed the film for its inclusion of Shira Haas’ character. It wasn’t worth the protest
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	Film & TV The hero of the Netflix series ‘Mo’ faces struggles that might seem familiar to Sholem Aleichem
In the second and final season of his hit Netflix comedy, Mo Amer takes a bow — and a stand
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	Theater In Idina Menzel’s new Broadway musical, a show tune about Tikkun Olam soars high
In 'Redwood,' a headstrong tree-climber uses Jewish wisdom to inspire and console
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	Books How a Jewish daughter’s search to find her parents became a book and a play and a movie
Writer and performer Zara Phillips, author of 'Somebody's Daughter,' has turned her question into art
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	Books What does it mean that Judaism is a religion of loopholes?
For Elana Stein Hain, practices like the eruv and the selling of chametz can create a new sort of religious consciousness
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	Kosher cannabis? These gummy edibles have a rabbi’s seal of approval — and a following
Tokin' Jew wanted to make a product that could be enjoyed by every kind of Jew, including those who keep kosher
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	Books Can we separate Woody Allen the artist from the man born Allan Stewart Konigsberg?
Patrick McGilligan's doorstopper of a biography addresses Allen's professional achievements and also his personal deficits
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	Film & TV In the brutality of ‘The Brutalist,’ a misunderstanding of the Jewish architect’s experience
László Tóth's story runs counter to the real-life experience of Marcel Breuer, Ernő Goldfinger and others
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
In Case You Missed It
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
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	Fast Forward What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements
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	BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
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	Fast Forward Why Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Zohran Mamdani is fueling antisemitism fears
 
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