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Film & TV
8 young Jewish comedians on what ‘SNL 50’ means to them
'Saturday Night Live' may be entering middle age, but these rising Jewish comics are just getting started.
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In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7
The real-life Kibbutz Kissufim lost 18 people in Hamas’ attack, two years after the movie was filmed
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How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic
The show stars Adam Brody as a good-looking young rabbi who falls for a non-Jewish woman
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You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’ on Amazon
Due to backwards letters, the party favors sold on Amazon are a bit cheeky
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Art Our greatest Jewish sculptor has a passion for life and a soft spot for Mallomars
With a new exhibit at Pace, 83-year-old Joel Shapiro is still creating and still improvising
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BINTEL BRIEF An anti-Zionist Jew wants to know: ‘Am I even Jewish anymore?’
Bintel says disagreeing with other Jews is the most Jewish thing you can do
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A rabbi dates a non-Jew in Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This.’ Rabbis in interfaith relationships have thoughts.
'My own relationship to Judaism has not been in any way deterred,' said one intermarried rabbi, 'but rather enhanced'
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Film & TV Netflix finally gave Jews our Hot Rabbi. Too bad every other Jew in the show sucks
Adam Brody and Kristen Bell star in 'Nobody Wants This,' a romcom about a rabbi falling for a non-Jew
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In an Eldridge Street mosaic, a reminder of a great Jewish artist
Mark Podwal, who died at 79, wanted people to see one of his last major works
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Years before Oct. 7, Leonard Cohen wrote a song that anticipated its darkness
A close-reading of Cohen's 'You Want It Darker' in a post-Oct. 7 world
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Their homes were destroyed on Oct. 7 — these drawings recapture the life that was
Artist Noa Harnik is using art to preserve memories of life before a massacre
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Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
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Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
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News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
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Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
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Culture Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
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Fast Forward NJ church deletes video of pageant featuring antisemitic character but says critics took it ‘out of context’
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Culture A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
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Opinion The last hostage returned. Can Israel finally exhale?
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