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Trump planned to announce Jerusalem embassy move months earlier than he did, new book reveals
Former national security adviser H. R. McMaster described Netanyahu’s optimistic view of Putin's intentions as ‘delusional’
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Books Brooklyn book launch canceled over ‘Zionist’ moderator is rescheduled for next week
The conversation between Jewish journalist Joshua Leifer and Rabbi Andy Bachman will take place Monday in Brooklyn
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Books What I learned when a Brooklyn bookstore canceled a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism
The upside of the unpleasant experience, writes Andy Bachman: being reminded of the power of friendship and old-fashioned debate
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Film & TV Before ‘The Warriors’ was a cult movie — or a Lin-Manuel Miranda album — it had radical Jewish roots
Sol Yurick, the son of immigrant communists, wrote the novel that was adapted by the ‘Hamilton’ creator
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Film & TV In one of the most specifically Jewish movies ever made, love triumphs over loneliness
'Between the Temples,' starring Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman, is an indie Chelm story and a mumblecore midrash
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What Jews and Bill Clinton talk about when they talk about ‘class’
At the DNC, there's been a lot of talk about having 'class' and being part of the 'middle class' — let's not forget to talk about the poor
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At a singles event celebrating the Jewish day of love, compatibility means agreeing on Israel and religious practice
A recent Tu B’Av party on the Upper West Side saw singles seeking out soulmates with like-minded views
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Film & TV Carol Kane, Robert Smigel and Nathan Silver on how ‘Between the Temples’ is an ode to Jewish questioning and lifelong learning
The new comedy is about a cantor and his adult bat mitzvah student
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Books Brooklyn bookstore parts ways with worker who canceled event over pro-Israel rabbi as moderator
‘It’s an outrage,’ says Rabbi Andy Bachman after event with author Joshua Leifer axed
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It’s impossible to moderate artificial intelligence. Maybe we should stop trying
Instagram and X recently launched AI's that regularly break the platforms' own moderation rules.
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Though cozy with antisemites, this movie star confronted his country’s complicity in the Holocaust
A supremely contradictory figure, Alain Delon, who died at 88, was rightly called a 'sacred monster'
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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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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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