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Art
Hidden away for a decade, a beloved Jewish artist’s mural awaits its return to the public eye
Ben Shahn's 13-piece 'Resources of America' at a former post office in the Bronx, has been inaccessible since 2014
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Adam Sandler’s new Netflix comedy special makes poop jokes sentimental
The standup show is a surprisingly moving ode to the power of laughter
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BINTEL BRIEF I don’t belong to a synagogue. Can I be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Bintel advises a reader who feels shut out of Jewish life — and Jewish death
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Books A new book about American Jewry is causing controversy. Here’s what it actually says.
A canceled book launch. Surging sales on Amazon. We read 'Tablets Shattered' by Joshua Leifer. Here’s the summary.
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For the 900th time, an antisemitic attack is an attack on all of France
For French Jews after a bombing outside a synagogue, it's 'plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose'
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Books Sellout crowd, spike in sales for author whose talk was canceled over pro-Israel moderator
Author Joshua Leifer jokes about sending a fruit basket to thank whoever shut last week’s event down
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Books Instead of piling on Joshua Leifer, listen to him
The pro-Israel crowd that delighted in Leifer’s cancellation played to Internet outrage, not the facts
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Is every war movie about Israel and Gaza now?
People are finding parallels to the war in, well, everything
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Meet the new antisemitism, same as the old antisemitism
For linguist Shalom Lappin, author of 'The New Antisemitism,' the current crisis for Jews is also a crisis for liberal democracy
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‘The Day the Clown Cried,’ funnyman Jerry Lewis’ infamously terrible Holocaust movie, is having a new moment. But you still can’t watch it.
A new documentary, an announced remake and an unsealing of archival materials are giving the unfinished movie new life
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Preserving Mexican Syrian Jewish traditions in a world on the verge of collapse
Playwright Clairette Atri Mizrahi wants to rejuvenate a shuttered café and her grandmother's cooking
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Yiddish World New documentary captures the lively history of Yiddish theater in America