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Film & TV Can ‘September 5,’ a film about Israeli hostages in a time of Israeli hostages, survive the news cycle?
Tim Fehlbaum’s film about the Munich massacre is hard to separate from today’s headlines
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Did this pro-immigrant linguist inspire Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigrant rant?
‘Language City’ author Ross Perlin speaks about Yiddish and other endangered languages
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Was the Leopold and Loeb case really the ‘Jewish crime of the century?’
100 years later, the frenzy surrounding the murder of Bobby Franks still raises uncomfortable questions about antisemitism
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This Supreme Court case might allow Nazis to operate freely on social media
Texas and Florida passed laws curtailing social media sites' ability to moderate. Will the Supreme Court strike them down?
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Writers beware: Reading this journalist’s reflections on life may cause extreme jealousy
In his latest book, 'The Lede,' Calvin Trillin reflects on decades of reporting — and reveals some of his more colorful interactions with fellow titans of journalism
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How a Jewish playwright’s internal Israel-Palestine debate became a Russian doll of Trojan horses
Itamar Moses says 'The Ally' is his most personal work to date
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Richard Lewis’ life was not ‘from hell’
The legendary comedian and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' actor has died at 76
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Author has ‘The Soul of Judaism’ — and the DNA to prove it
Bruce Haynes, the grandson of the National Urban League’s founder, discovers his forebear was half-Jewish
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The secret Jewish history of Leap Year
Dinah Shore was born on Feb. 29, but that's not the only Jewish thing about Leap Year
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Theater In ‘The Ally,’ Josh Radnor is one Jew with five opinions
Set just before Oct. 7, the play grapples with Israel, Gaza and a social justice movement that may have outgrown Jews
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Aaron Lansky, who rescued 1.5 million Yiddish books and founded the Yiddish Book Center, is retiring
He went looking for Yiddish books as a grad student. He ended up saving a whole world of literature, language and culture
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Art ‘A Jewish woman, a widow, a damn good painter and a little too independent’ — reclaiming Lee Krasner’s legacy
Freed from the shadow of Krasner's husband Jackson Pollock, another glorious solo show emerges
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Film & TV Bonhoeffer biopic tells of a pastor turned would-be Hitler assassin — but is the story true?
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News What Mike Huckabee’s ‘Kids Guide to Israel’ says about his views
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