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Culture
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They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka
The tale of Schick's Bakery is one of 20th-century ingenuity and 21st-century capitalism
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Film & TV John Garfield and Paul Newman could have been contenders in ‘On the Waterfront’
A new book on Elia Kazan’s 1954 classic suggests the film that might have been — without Brando
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Theater They created a musical about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Today’s activists are listening
"We Live in Cairo," now playing at the New York Theatre Workshop, takes on new resonance in light of pro-Palestinian protests
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How a Jewish deep-sea diver found treasure, shipwrecks and Leonard Bernstein
Howard Rosenstein came to Israel with $500 and found a life of adventure and innovation
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Theater In this ‘Merchant of Venice,’ tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight
Igor Golyak’s production brings the show back to a comedic mode the way Shakespeare intended — to make a point about antisemitism
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Trump plans to reinstate school prayer. Our readers remember times Christianity came up in class
Tales of being forced to sing Christmas carols and recite the Lord's Prayer abound
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Art Hidden in plain sight, a Holocaust memorial takes on new significance
New York artist Harriet Feigenbaum, 85, says her work is more relevant than ever
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A ‘sci-fi documentary’ dreaming of peace got banned in Israel. Why?
'Lyd' follows turmoil in the controversial city, but also imagines an alternate, peaceful reality
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Politics Did JD Vance mean to quote the wisdom of a serial killer from a Coen Brothers film?
The vice president-elect praised the wisdom of Anton Chigurh from Cormac McCarthy’s ‘No Country for Old Men’
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Art How Marc Chagall mastered color and made Jewish painting kosher
A New Orleans exhibit examines Chagall's popularity and influence
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A reunion project for Holocaust survivors and their families runs a race against time
The Nazis destroyed families and their histories — a pair of genealogists is trying to put the pieces back together
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Should we call the violence against Israeli soccer fans a ‘pogrom?’
There are disturbing parallels but also key differences between recent and historic acts of violent antisemitism
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Music For Bob Dylan’s biographer, ‘A Complete Unknown’ is a dream come true — even if it’s mostly fiction
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Culture They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka
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Culture ‘A Complete Unknown’ proves that one thing about Bob Dylan will certainly endure
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News 18 notable Jews who died in 2024
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Fast Forward Department of Ed resolves Title VI antisemitism complaints against 5 U of California campuses, U of Cincinnati
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Theater While Yiddish lives, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ghost stories may flourish
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