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Culture
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Was a ravishing, fictional heroine inspired by a real-life Jewish philanthropist?
Following in the footsteps of Sir Walter Scott, a novelist seeks the inspiration for Rebecca of Ivanhoe
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Is RFK about to ban goyslop — and what on earth is that?
Online, an antisemitic term for low-quality food has gone mainstream in the wake of RFK's war on Big Food
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A Jewish snowman movie would have made a lot more sense than Netflix’s ‘Hot Frosty’
We have a whole mythology about reanimating natural materials — the golem!
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Books In the shadows of Nazi viciousness, an unlikely story of love and heroism blooms
Adriana Allegri's debut novel 'The Sunflower House' was inspired by a real-life Lebensborn institution
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An Israeli woman in playing Mary in a Netflix movie — and the outcry is getting weird
Debates over whether Israelis or Palestinians are racially closer to Mary feel kind of like eugenics
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Has Mark Zuckerberg become the anti-Elon Musk?
A facepalm-worthy rap cover from Zuck sets him apart from Musk's recent antics
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Why is the latest Jesus movie about, uh, mixed martial arts?
The prince of peace himself is not the only muscular Christian in 'The Carpenter'
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Film & TV John Garfield and Paul Newman could have been contenders in ‘On the Waterfront’
A new book on Elia Kazan’s 1954 classic suggests the film that might have been — without Brando
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Theater They created a musical about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Today’s activists are listening
"We Live in Cairo," now playing at the New York Theatre Workshop, takes on new resonance in light of pro-Palestinian protests
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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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Opinion The ‘Hymietown’ affair degraded Black-Jewish relations. Jesse Jackson wasn’t the real culprit
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Fast Forward At Berlin screening, former Israeli hostages see film about their captivity rewritten after redemption
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Theater He may have been the world’s most famous mime, but in this play, he won’t shut up
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Fast Forward US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
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