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Books
She was the Sandy Koufax of ping pong. Now she’s the star of a children’s book.
'Ping-Pong Shabbat' puts into print the story of a modern (Orthodox) ping pong prodigy
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In place of a proud emblem of Jewish immigration in NYC, million-dollar condos and a private garden
Gentrification comes for the Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged
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In ‘The Brutalist,’ Adrien Brody wills an impossible dream
Brady Corbet’s epic follows a Holocaust survivor struggling to seize the American Dream
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Hitler is trending on TikTok again — and they’re trying to make him seem like a nice guy
Clips of Hitler's speeches garnered millions of views on the video app, largely selected to portray the dictator as peaceful
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Why ‘schlub’ seems to be the word of the year
In an election year, a Yiddish word teaches us how to separate the competent from the incompetent
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What’s your candidate’s position on Israel? Depends what demographic you’re in
Targeted political ads enable campaigns to present one idea to one group, and a different one to another
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Music Before his viral ‘Eating The Cats’ moment, The Kiffness remixed a Jewish Psalm
The South African musician worked on a version of ‘Im Hashem Lo Yivneh Bayis’
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A rabbi is overseeing Pornhub. That’s actually not so weird
Solomon Friedman is trying to improve ethics at the massive porn site
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Music In the words of the Torah and the music of Toto and Peter Gabriel, now is the season of renewal
Musician Michael Hearst's '80 From the 80s' project delves into the Talmud of pop music
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An up-close look at the real Theodor Herzl — and the real meaning of Zionism
At Temple Emanu-El, rare artifacts, including report cards, portraits and journals, explore the leader's life and legacy
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The true story of a Dutch Jewish survivor inspires a tale of WWII resistance
'A Place to Hide' is Ronald Balson's latest historical novel
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