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Trump’s bacon remark wasn’t kosher, but it may be right
Lamenting the America of old, Trump recently pointed to the jacked up price of a popular pork product
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In the dwindling Jewish community of Moldova, one man fights to keep the old traditions alive
For more than two decades, 78-year-old Roman Soibelis has welcomed Jews into his home and their shared history
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In groundbreaking new policy, Facebook says calling someone a ‘Zionist pig’ is antisemitic
Previously, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, had only prohibited comparisons between Zionists and rats
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Books Must Jews be defined by trauma? Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s sharp new novel offers a surprising answer
For decades, Jewish books, movies and TV have equated Jewishness with neuroticism. Why does it still define us?
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Remembering Arnold Band, a towering figure in Jewish studies
Band, who has died at 94, brought a classicist touch to his studies of Agnon, Kafka, Yehoshua and countless others
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Americana meets meshuggeneh at a museum exhibit about MAD magazine
The Norman Rockwell Museum show about the influential humor magazine presents a merger of two sensibilities: gentle and crude, rural and urban — and gentile and Jewish
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Art The distressing truth behind an exhibit about antisemitism — it’s always timely
In a Tribeca gallery, 21 artists confront an issue that was relevant long, long before Oct. 7
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Books She was a nice Jewish mother — and an organized-crime boss
Meet Fredericka Mandelbaum, who made a fortune from stolen goods and bank robberies
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Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis
The Library of Lost Books project is trying to collect items looted from the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin, known as the Hochschule
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July 4th hot dog debate: Nathan’s kosher-style vs. Joey Chestnut’s Impossible choice
Eating hot dogs is a July 4th tradition, even without Joey Chestnut at Nathan’s Famous contest
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Talmudic wisdom holds Trump to a higher standard than the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just granted Trump presidential immunity, but the Talmud held leaders to a higher standard
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
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Opinion Why a concert hall should be the last place for a protest — particularly an antisemitic one like this
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Looking Forward What Hailey Bieber smoothies and instant matzo ball soup reveal about American Jewish taste
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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Film & TV On the trail of a priceless dove, a group of Palestinians and Israelis find that peace is for the birds
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