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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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Barbra Streisand recorded here — and so did Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon and, uh, The Village People
Founded in 1969, the Hit Factory has more than lived up to its name
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10 wicked ways to avoid talking about war and politics this Thanksgiving
Scared of alienating your loved one with politics? These conversation starters are sure to save you (maybe)
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Who are the most (and least) Jewish Peanuts characters?
Charles Schulz’s iconic comic strip was rarely explicit about its characters’ religious affiliations — but we have theories
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How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history
Scott Seligman's new book looks back at the events surrounding the New York funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
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Music Promising ‘no stupid Hanukkah songs,’ The Leevees strive for a ‘two-sauce solution’
A rock 'n' roll supergroup of sorts wants to reinvent Jewish holiday music
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Film & TV Hermann Goering’s personal art dealer plundered the world for decades; his victims’ descendants are still seeking justice
PBS’s “Plunderer” details the life and work of Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse
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Books What if Jews rebuilt the Temple?
Yishai Sarid’s ‘The Third Temple’ imagines a dark future for the Jewish state
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas
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Texas wants to teach kindergarteners about religion — is that indoctrination?
An old Supreme Court case differentiates the fine line between teaching religion and teaching about it
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Books After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine
Coates' trademark approach to journalism met a subject it couldn't make sense of
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At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
For Schreiber's loyal customers at Moishe's Bakery on Grand Street, there are pastries, wisdom and good deals
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Fast Forward Belgium’s railway should apologize but not pay for sending Jews to Nazi death camps, government panel concludes
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Opinion Netanyahu’s rejection of an Oct. 7 inquiry is a national disgrace
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