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Culture
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The towering Jewish critic who taught me to grok art and hate Picasso
After Max Kozloff died at 91, a New York community came together to remember and to mourn
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Theater Sympathy for the Pharaoh? A Jewish-Indian play asks us to find a soft spot for an old enemy
Misha Shulman’s 'Pharaoh' examines the Exodus villain with a twist of traditional South Asian theater
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Books An elite literary journal imploded over an essay about the war — because it dared to humanize Israelis as well as Palestinians
Guernica staff resigned en masse after a co-publisher declared a piece by a Hebrew and Arabic translator 'an apologia for Zionism'
The Latest
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Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay that co-publisher called an ‘apologia for Zionism’
Several staff members and a publisher of the prestigious volunteer-run magazine resigned over the essay by Joanna Chen
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Film & TV Remembering Gene Wilder — as mensch, mad genius and the only Wonka who matters
A new documentary finds pure imagination and wonder, even in career lowlights
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Film & TV No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’
The ‘Zone of Interest’ director’s words have been taken out of context
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Oscars 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ cleans up, ‘Zone of Interest’ director calls out Israel
These are the top Jewish moments from this year's Academy Awards
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Meet the Jewish family that operates Manhattan’s oldest and only typewriter repair shop
The Gramercy Typewriter Company was founded by Abraham Schweitzer in 1932; today, his grandson, Jay Schweitzer, is the third-generation owner
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21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains
‘Of the millions of works of art and cultural property stolen by the Nazis, countless objects still have not been returned to their owners,’ Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in his remarks
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Is every red carpet look sort of Jewish? This meme queen says yes
Shoshana Gottlieb's Jewish red carpet reviews have a devoted — and demanding — audience
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How Yiddish slogans captured a controversial cover story — and the precarious state of American Jews
The Atlantic's new issue features a deep dive into American antisemitism. Its cover tells a slightly different story
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Film & TV A ‘new look’ at the Holocaust through fashion recycles old excuses for Nazi collaborators
'The New Look' is a show about World War II, told through Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
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Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
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Fast Forward Trump just granted asylum to a man who posted Jews are ‘dangerous’
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Opinion Anti-Israel rhetoric is fueling an alarmingly powerful new wave of antisemitism on the right
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Sports ‘All my homies hate paintball Nazis’: Antisemitism scandal tears through paintball community
In Case You Missed It
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News ‘I’m happy with my choice’: Orthodox Trump voters worry about Qatar, Israel, tariffs – but stand by their man
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Fast Forward Resolution calling for ‘urgent delivery’ of Gaza aid co-sponsored by nearly all Senate Democrats
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Fast Forward Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan doubles down after suggesting Israel ‘kills babies as a hobby’
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News Some of Israel’s staunch supporters are now using words such as ‘genocide’ to describe the war
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