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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s signature collar will go on display in Tel Aviv
During Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s tenure on the Supreme Court, collars arrived to her door from all corners of the world. Gifts from law clerks and tributes from admirers, they arrived from cities as distant as Cape Town and entered her much-scrutinized rotation of judicial decor. Now, one of those collars is embarking on a journey…
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The ‘Borat’ sequel trailer proves America’s still divided — on whether or not people know Borat
There are benefits to Sacha Baron Cohen’s supreme secrecy. He is, as far as we know, the only major star to make and release a feature film in media pandemic — and hardly anyone knew he was working on it. Following a few months of rumors and speculation, Baron Cohen dropped the trailer for “Borat…
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Timed tickets and temperature scans: The Jewish Museum reopens for the pandemic era
My temperature was normal, and everyone in the lobby of the Jewish Museum knew it. On Tuesday morning, I ducked out of a light drizzle on 92nd Street and into the Jewish Museum, which reopened on September 24 after a six-month closure due to coronavirus. Gone were the hallowed museum customs of the Before Times:…
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Celebrating Sukkot in a pandemic
With appointments at Massachusetts General Hospital and Norwood Hospital, Dr. Bruce Weinstock has been voluntarily advising synagogues and day schools on COVID-19 preparation. This past May, Weinstock participated in a webinar for the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts on coronavirus preparation. The upcoming Sukkot holiday highlights our vulnerability to nature and the elements. Meals are eaten…
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Do the ‘Proud Boys’ know their anthem was written by a gay Jew?
Perhaps the most curious fact about the Proud Boys, the violent far-right group President Trump appeared to call up to the reserves in the first 2020 presidential debate, is how they got their name. The name can be read as an unapologetic affirmation of the things they stand for — which, according to the Southern…
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‘Heil Honey, I’m Home!’ — the secret history of the scandalous Hitler sitcom you never saw
“Of all the shows I’ve done and made, this one gets the most comment. And yet, it’s never really been seen or aired,” said the veteran British TV writer Geoff Atkinson. He was speaking about “Heil Honey, I’m Home!,” a comedy series that aired a single, infamous episode in the United Kingdom on September 30,…
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Why we should fear Trump’s call to ‘stand back and stand by’
President Trump directly addressed white supremacists through language they understand as a direct command during the first Presidential debate. Asked to condemn white supremacy, Trump instead said “stand back and stand by”— immediately setting off alarm bells among extremism researchers who are familiar with these terms. Alex Newhouse, an extremism researcher at the Center on…
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Helen Reddy — She was a Jewish woman; hear her roar
The Australian singer Helen Reddy, who died on September 29 at age 78, is best remembered for the 1972 feminist anthem “I Am Woman,” a hit with surprising Jewish resonance. According to the “The Billboard Book of Number One Hits” Reddy was looking for positive songs about women to record, but decided that these did…
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Film & TV ‘Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles’ is an orgy of baking and a feast for the eyes
If I had to name the top two things helping me survive the pandemic, I would say my new dog, and watching television — the more escapist, the better. Right now it’s “Schitt’s Creek.” (You haven’t watched it? You must.) But way before that, my escape was “The Great British Baking Show.” It seems that…
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‘Borat 2’ is coming for Mike Pence — but what can it say about Trump’s America?
My wiiife. If you read that in the voice of the fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s most celebrated creation, you’re not alone. While we last saw Borat nearly 15 years ago, his elongated reference to his spouse has clung to our brain’s language centers with the tenacity of Gorilla Glue….
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A senator’s slip of the tongue reveals a ‘material’ crisis with our ‘materialistic’ politics
“There’s a materialistic difference between 2016 and 2020,” Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the number three ranking Senate Republican, said on the “PBS News Hour,” speaking on the question of appointing Supreme Court judges in those two election years. First, I thought it was a slip of the tongue. But now I think it is…
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