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Culture
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A Jewish Expressionist artist’s life, preserved in a brownstone
Ben-Zion was a colleague of famed artists like Mark Rothko
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An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
'Israel: What Went Wrong' sees Omer Bartov, a scholar of genocide and the Holocaust, considering how his birthplace changed
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Theater Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical
The songwriter and author’s friendship came courtesy of Bette Midler
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Theater Tony nominee Mark Rosenblatt’s ‘Giant’ journey began with Menachem Begin
In Roald Dahl's 1983 scandal, the playwright found the 'perfect premise' to discuss antisemitism and criticism of Israel
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Books This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all
‘Remnants’ tells the story of the 23 Jews who fled Brazil and established Shearith Israel in New York
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Theater A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews?
‘Cable Street’ arrives with a hip-hop-tinged warning from history that couldn't feel more timely
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Books A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7.
In the novel ‘Partly Strong, Partly Broken,’ a rabbi tries to keep her congregants together in the weeks leading up to October 7
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The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for sale
The dossier of Etienne Charavay shows a confused argument that the handwriting expert ultimately recanted
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Books New book details the long and winding road trod by the Beatles and Bob Dylan
'Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World' examines the overlap between genre-defining musicians
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
'Sheitel: Beauty in the Hidden,' dives deep into Jewish women's experience of covering their hair
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Books How Saul Rubinek’s best lie helped him get to the truth about his family’s Holocaust history
In “All In The Telling,” Rubinek’s partly-fictionalized memoir, he convinces his parents he’s writing a Holocaust story to solve a family fight.
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