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Why was my Jewish identity so apologetic and humiliating?, Obama speechwriter asks in new book
In a new book, the former White House speechwriter says it’s time for Jews to reclaim their story from the haters
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You see an ugly ottoman or a faded armchair; she sees a lost history waiting to be revived
For Ruti Wajnberg, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, reupholstering furniture can stitch generations back together
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Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages?
Sometimes when people's short-term memories begin to falter, they recall the first languages they learned
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Satire on ‘Saturday Night Live’ used to be a deadly weapon; is it still enough in the Trump era?
An exhibit of the papers of Lorne Michaels offers sobering insights about the limits of humor
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BINTEL BRIEF Can an interfaith couple be buried together in a Jewish cemetery?
Bintel says it can be done — but it depends on who’s in charge of the rules
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Film & TV It was once Sweden’s only news broadcast — what did it say about Israel?
A new documentary shows how Israel and Palestine were portrayed on STV from the late ’50s to the late ’80s
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It was one of klezmer’s greatest days — will there ever be another?
Leo Sorel's 2007 photograph was both tribute to and proof of the success of America's klezmer revival
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Has the Jewish joke become an endangered species — Òu sont les blagues d’antan?
In 'The Last Jewish Joke,' eminent Parisian sociologist Michel Wieviorka laments the passing of an era in Jewish humor
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Books A bespectacled, Jewish hypochondriac with literary pretensions and a creepy fascination with his stepson’s girlfriend — Guess who?
Woody Allen's debut novel 'What's with Baum' has been done better before — by Woody Allen
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Film & TV Why Alana Haim wears a Star of David in ‘One Battle After Another’
Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic is a vibrant cross section of the America that makes white nationalists mad
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Books How Philip Roth invented a myth called ‘Philip Roth’
In 'Philip Roth: Stung by Life,' biographer Steven J. Zipperstein reveals the truth behind the rebellious character the author created
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Culture A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
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Opinion Israel deported me for helping West Bank Palestinians. I won’t give up on a peaceful future for the country I love
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Culture Hey, Irving — why are there so many Jews named Irving?
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News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
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Culture How Black music brought me closer to Judaism
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Opinion In ‘Nuremberg,’ a potent warning about our current politics of denial
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Fast Forward Trump says he and Mamdani ‘didn’t discuss’ NYC mayor-elect’s vow to arrest Netanyahu during congenial meeting
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: משהלע אַלפֿאָנסאָ רעדט וועגן נײַ ביכל פּרץ־מעשׂיות פֿאַר סטודענטןVIDEO: Moishele Alfonso on the new book of I. L. Peretz stories for students
דאָס ביכל נעמט אַרײַן אַ גלאָסאַר, שמועס־פֿראַגעס און קלאַנג־רעקאָרדירונגען פֿון די דערציילונגען.
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