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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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Is the Trump administration’s website censorship the internet age version of Nazi book burning?
After Trump ordered an end to "gender ideology" in the US, information on trans people began to disappear
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How one Jewish geneticist turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving mission.
American Heart Month is an appropriate time to learn how genetic testing can protect your family.
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Film & TV How the master builder behind ‘The Brutalist’ was inspired by her hometown synagogue
Oscar nominee Judy Becker talks about bringing László Tóth's designs to life
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SNL has been joking about Israel for 50 years
Saturday Night Live’s first episode featured a short fake news reel by Albert Brooks that had Israel and Georgia switch places
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How I became a vulgarizer — and why you should become one too
For an author of graphic narratives, vulgarizing is the point, not a criticism
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion A new proposal to radically destabilize Israel
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Fast Forward France bans Smotrich as 6 countries impose new sanctions over Israeli settler violence