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Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport
Lamar’s politically charged halftime show and Dylan’s 1965 Newport performance both upset precedent
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Who were the most (and least) Jewish presidents?
Some had strong ties; others were unabashed antisemites
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Every antisemitic thing Kanye West has said (so far)
It's been going on for more than a decade and we're trying to keep up
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On Super Bowl Sunday, Kendrick Lamar took on fascism, Kanye and Donald Trump
The big game in America saw two hip-hop artists going very different directions, with Ye selling swastika shirts while Lamar parodied patriotism
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Film & TV A languid and arresting WWII movie — and then it goes haywire
Redolent of Antonioni and Bergman, Rob Tregenza's 'The Fishing Place' offers moments of beauty and incomprehensibility
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Books The double life of Abraham, from freethinker to pure believer
Anthony Julius’ novelistic and philosophic biography sees the patriarch divided by reason and faith
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Music ‘A Complete Unknown’ has Dylan-mania sweeping the country — is that a good thing?
Some longtime fans bristle as legions of new fans embrace a Hollywood version of rock 'n' roll's greatest poet
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Books In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote ‘Ulysses’ a Jewish poet’s bookstore rises back to life
In 1919, Umberto Saba opened an antiquarian bookstore; a century later, the people of Trieste saved it
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Books Author John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ deals with Israel and antisemitism
The novel concludes in Jerusalem in 1981, the year Irving first visited Israel
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BINTEL BRIEF May a Jewish nonprofit talk about something besides Israel and antisemitism?
Bintel says you owe it to those who care about your mission to try
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Is the Trump administration’s website censorship the internet age version of Nazi book burning?
After Trump ordered an end to "gender ideology" in the US, information on trans people began to disappear
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