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At this Brooklyn cafe, you can practice your Hebrew, aid Palestinians and imagine you’re in Mauritania
In an increasingly polarized world, Brooklyn's Barzakh remains stubbornly in-between
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On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
Albany Park was home to Rosenblum's Bookstore, Weinberg's Clothing — and also alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez
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Is this salacious opera a critique of Jewishness — or a celebration of its complexity?
The Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Salome' puts a Freudian spin on the famous opera
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BINTEL BRIEF Should Jewish employees get more days off than everyone else?
Bintel says singling out Jews is a bad idea — even when you’re doing them a favor
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Books In WWII’s only all-female concentration camp, community was the key to survival
Lynne Olson’s book ‘The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück’ reveals the unsung stories of female French resistance fighters
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Art In 1960’s New York, the past was a foreign country — they sure did things differently there
A cornucopia of Jewish artists populate the pages of 'Everything Is Now,' J. Hoberman's massive survey of New York's avant-garde
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The Jewish artist who almost died exploring the Wild West
Carvalho documented a dangerous expedition to California in the days of Manifest Destiny
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Art Ben Shahn was a radical artist — why didn’t he want to be called a Jewish one?
A new retrospective at the Jewish Museum finds an artist whose Jewish identity was linked to a questioning crusade for justice
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What is Messianic Judaism?
With origins dating back to the 19th century, Messianic Judaism holds a contentious spot in the religious world
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In wake of DC shooting, false flag conspiracies spread
Some people are claiming the DC shooting outside a Jewish museum was a staged attempt to discredit the pro-Palestinian movement
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Film & TV ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ reveals the real Paul Reubens
The actor behind the iconic manchild was fiercely private — but spoke up to clear his name
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Fast Forward Thomas Massie calls for USS Liberty probe, elevating anti-Israel conspiracy theory to House floor
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Fast Forward Tribeca Festival denounces pro-Israel celebrities’ red-carpet jokes about Israeli dog rape allegations