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As a Jew, I’m starting to wonder if I can even be a progressive anymore
Bintel addresses the hard question of what to do when political labels and identities clash
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Music Drake could use some rabbinic advice on his latest lawsuit
What would the sages tell the Jewish rapper about his beef with Kendrick Lamar?
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The Binding of Isaac, the pardoning of Hunter Biden
Like Abraham, the biblical patriarch, the president was torn between faith (in the system) and family
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Should Jews use artificial intelligence to bring back the dead?
It will soon be possible to have AI-generated replicas of deceased relatives
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Barbra Streisand recorded here — and so did Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and, uh, The Village People
Founded in 1969, the Hit Factory has more than lived up to its name
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10 wicked ways to avoid talking about war and politics this Thanksgiving
Scared of alienating your loved one with politics? These conversation starters are sure to save you (maybe)
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Who are the most (and least) Jewish Peanuts characters?
Charles Schulz’s iconic comic strip was rarely explicit about its characters’ religious affiliations — but we have theories
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How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history
Scott Seligman's new book looks back at the events surrounding the New York funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
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Music Promising ‘no stupid Hanukkah songs,’ The Leevees strive for a ‘two-sauce solution’
A rock 'n' roll supergroup of sorts wants to reinvent Jewish holiday music
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Film & TV Hermann Goering’s personal art dealer plundered the world for decades; his victims’ descendants are still seeking justice
PBS’s “Plunderer” details the life and work of Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse
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Books What if Jews rebuilt the Temple?
Yishai Sarid’s ‘The Third Temple’ imagines a dark future for the Jewish state
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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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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Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Opinion The three profound Jewish lessons of Mamdani’s astonishing victory
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News Mamdani’s victory divides Jewish leaders one more way: Whether to say congratulations
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Fast Forward In a first, a ballot initiative to divest from Israel has won at the ballot box in Boston suburb
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Fast Forward In NJ governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill fends off GOP candidate whose aide spurned ‘money from Jews’
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