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Film & TV
In the brutality of ‘The Brutalist,’ a misunderstanding of the Jewish architect’s experience
László Tóth's story runs counter to the real-life experience of Marcel Breuer, Ernő Goldfinger and others
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Music 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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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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Looking Forward How a song about the food chain became a Seder mainstay
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Fast Forward Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial is shut down by German authorities
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