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Culture
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How the closing of a website for Yom Kippur confessions explains the internet
The death and life of AtoneNet, a living tapestry of Jewish guilt
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Jews didn’t cause Hurricane Milton, but kind of did control the weather in biblical times
As flash floods threaten St. Petersburg, Florida, we consider Noah, the ark and how Jews pray for rain
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Sports 5 Jewish things about the Mets — and why Jewish fans adore them
The connection to the Brooklyn Dodgers, loving the underdog and bein’ amazin’
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New conspiracy theory just dropped — Jews are causing the hurricanes
Marjorie Taylor Greene accused a shadowy "them" of causing hurricanes in order to swing the presidential election
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Art What if there was a flag that both Israelis and Palestinians could take pride in flying?
Tom Haviv, creator of the Hamsa Flag Project, reflects on a utopian symbol’s meaning post-Oct. 7
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Film & TV In a searing new documentary, unimaginable pain and suffering in the West Bank
Winner of the Best Documentary award in Berlin, 'No Other Land' arrives with images of war and pleas of peace
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Why Jews see pomegranates as symbols of both love and war
The pomegranate tree planted by Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff has conflicting meanings
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Books Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
After Tony Dokoupil’s questions on CBS Mornings faced criticism, the network said it fell short of editorial standards
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How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
For this author, 'The Apprentice' is a chillingly accurate film that hits way too close to home
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He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.
Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant from England, helped shaped basketball as we know it today
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Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
Philippe Lesage’s ‘Who By Fire’ is about our vulnerability and our doubt
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Fast Forward At White House Hanukkah party, Trump says Congress ‘is becoming antisemitic’
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Letters Australia’s Yiddish community is thriving, not reviving
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