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Culture
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Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
Though Dylan and Streisand's voices may seem ill-suited to each other, the two complement each other gorgeously on 'The Very Thought of You'
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Everything you need to know about every Pope Leo — even the antisemitic Leo and the one with the elephant
What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV?
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A pocket guide to the Jewish grandmothers of Mexico
David Calderon Zonana's 'Pocket Abuelitas' honors the legacy of Mexican Jewish matriarchs
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BINTEL BRIEF Can a man convert to Judaism without being circumcised?
Bintel says some rabbis are OK with that. Here’s what you need to know
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On a clever new show, a female rabbi makes Judaism modern
'Reformed' tells the story of a French rabbi based on Delphine Horvilleur
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Film & TV Is it time for ‘Asterix’ to retire the ‘Roman’ salute?
The Netflix series of ‘The Big Fight’ is delightful satire, but there’s a problem
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Is ‘Andor’ about Jews, Palestinians — or both and/or neither?
The ‘Star Wars’ show is drawing from numerous histories, but which you see in it may depend on your own bias
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The secret Jewish history of Alcatraz
As the Trump administration ponders reopening the notorious island prison, we ponder the Jewish ghosts who haunt it
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For Christian nationalists, Trump’s pope picture isn’t a joke
Some Christian Trump supporters already see him as the God-given leader of the church of the United States
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Books How Jews shaped the Western — and how the Western shaped Jews
In 'Chai Noon,' Jonathan Friedmann explores the Jewish history of Westerns, on and off screen.
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Cardinals are Catholic, not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes?
The cardinals gathering to elect the next pope are all wearing familiar small hats
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Music Jill Sobule was as much a Jewish icon as a queer one
The late singer-songwriter’s music broached antisemitism, Nazi-fighting and Jesus’ dreidel-spinning
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