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Film & TV
What’s behind the boom in Holocaust TV?
In the past year, the era of mid TV has come to include the Holocaust. What's going on?
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Israel’s Jewish humor show offers a serious message for a dark time: We will survive
'I know this is a tough time, but remember, I got past Pharaoh — you can get past this,' said an actor playing Moses
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Why a child’s first haircut may be Judaism’s sweetest ritual
The upsherin, though not as widely known as other Jewish rituals, marks a child's transition out of infancy
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The saga of an Israeli hostage inspires a song of celebration and defiance
'Rimon's Song,' by David Brinn and Libbytown, tells the story of Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav's captivity and homecoming
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BINTEL BRIEF I keep running into my exes at my synagogue. Why can’t they find their own place to pray?
Bintel considers who gets the shul in the breakup
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Minnesota’s new tagline, ‘bring ya ass,’ has a biblical precedent
Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards’ memorable command has a long history
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Film & TV In Nazi-occupied Paris, astute performances and direction elevate melodrama into a soul-stirring film
Fred Cavayé’s 'Farewell, Mr. Haffmann' is replete with twists of fate and reversals of fortune
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Is it too soon for an exhibit about the massacre at the Nova Music Festival, or is it just the right time?
An exhibition about the terrorist attack on Oct. 7 comes from Tel Aviv to New York City
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Film & TV This was Robert Downey Jr.’s most Jewish (or at least most Talmudic) movie
Before 'Oppenheimer' and 'The Sympathizer,' Downey Jr. wrestled with rabbinical dilemmas in 1989's 'Chances Are'
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Meet Jill Hausman, the real rabbi who grimaced through jokes about Jews on SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’
During the five-minute appearance, Hausman reacted to increasingly cringey jokes from co-hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost.
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Art Paintings, Judaica and history collide at Tobi Kahn’s Eldridge Street exhibition
The artist’s work has a homecoming at the historic synagogue
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