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Culture
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How a Jewish deep-sea diver found treasure, shipwrecks and Leonard Bernstein
Howard Rosenstein came to Israel with $500 and found a life of adventure and innovation
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Theater In this ‘Merchant of Venice,’ tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight
Igor Golyak’s production brings the show back to a comedic mode the way Shakespeare intended — to make a point about antisemitism
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Trump plans to reinstate school prayer. Our readers remember times Christianity came up in class
Tales of being forced to sing Christmas carols and recite the Lord's Prayer abound
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Art Hidden in plain sight, a Holocaust memorial takes on new significance
New York artist Harriet Feigenbaum, 85, says her work is more relevant than ever
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A ‘sci-fi documentary’ dreaming of peace got banned in Israel. Why?
'Lyd' follows turmoil in the controversial city, but also imagines an alternate, peaceful reality
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Politics Did JD Vance mean to quote the wisdom of a serial killer from a Coen Brothers film?
The vice president-elect praised the wisdom of Anton Chigurh from Cormac McCarthy’s ‘No Country for Old Men’
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Art How Marc Chagall mastered color and made Jewish painting kosher
A New Orleans exhibit examines Chagall's popularity and influence
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A reunion project for Holocaust survivors and their families runs a race against time
The Nazis destroyed families and their histories — a pair of genealogists is trying to put the pieces back together
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Should we call the violence against Israeli soccer fans a ‘pogrom?’
There are disturbing parallels but also key differences between recent and historic acts of violent antisemitism
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A guide to the most notable Christian nationalists influencing the nation
Elected officials and online influencers alike are shaping a religious political ideology to guide the US
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Film & TV Why movies are tackling a real pain: memory and Holocaust tourism
The films ‘Treasure,’ ‘Delegation’ and ‘A Real Pain’ use tours of Poland as a backdrop for character studies
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