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Bob Dylan joins TikTok — just in time for TikTok to be banned
The musician is making the most of the app in what could be its final days
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Books A Jewish family’s trauma is the villain in an epic Israeli-Palestinian love story
Zeeva Bukai on how a tragedy drives intergenerational conflict in her debut novel, 'The Anatomy of Exile'
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Before I learned Kabbalah, I learned from David Lynch
There are many layers to our experience of reality, some hidden from view — David Lynch helped reveal them.
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Film & TV How the discovery of a secret tunnel inspired a film about Jewish resistance
The PBS documentary ‘Resistance’ surfaced the often unsung stories of how Jews fought back against the Nazis
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Music In lawsuit, Drake accuses Kendrick Lamar of picking on ‘Jewish heritage’
The beef over Lamar’s Grammy-nominated ‘Not Like Us’ continues
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BINTEL BRIEF ‘I live in a Muslim country. Speaking out against antisemitism has left me friendless’
Bintel says thanks for being an ally. Now go out and find some like-minded pals
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Is the TikTok ban about China — or is it really about Gaza?
Congressional advocacy for a ban has referenced Chinese data-mining, but also the anti-Israel content on the platform
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Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both?
Born 300 years ago, the legendary libertine had a utilitarian relationship to faith
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Film & TV In ‘Midas Man,’ a by-the-numbers tribute to the fifth Beatle
The Brian Epstein flick suffers from biopic malaise
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Theater Can one of our most problematic musicals finally overcome its racist past?
A new version of 'Show Boat' reimagines Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's Broadway classic
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Film & TV They converted to Judaism in Colombia. Why won’t Israel let them make aliyah?
The documentary 'Torah Tropical' shows the struggle of Latin American converts to be accepted by the broader Jewish community
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