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Music
Jacob’s Ladder is making Jewish bluegrass music from the ‘Eretz’ up
The all-American folk trio recently performed in Canada
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Books Amir Tibon, Israeli journalist and Oct. 7 survivor, on life, hope and betrayal after the massacre
Tibon is the author of 'The Gates of Gaza,' a new book about the history of Kibbutz Nahal Oz and his experience on Oct. 7.
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Books CNN’s Dana Bash is latest Jewish author targeted by pro-Palestinian activists
ADL and others say antisemitism motivated hecklers disrupting Bash’s book talk
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Looking Forward An Orthodox rabbi and a Reform journalist dance with the Torah
Rabbi Dov Linzer's and Abigail Pogrebin's new book is a lesson on embracing diversity of thought, on both Torah and life
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Film & TV He was guilty of armed robbery, but was the murder case against him antisemitic?
An intriguing new film revisits the criminal trial of Pierre Goldman
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He escaped the Nazis and created Britain’s first memorial to their victims. Now this artist is getting a second look.
A retrospective of the work of Fred Kormis comes as British lawmakers seek to advance a long-planned national Holocaust memorial
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Theater A zombie story about the Holocaust? This audio drama makes it work.
The dead come alive as a parable for Holocaust memory in an unorthodox new audio mini-series
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Books A Jewish, queer ghost story where the greatest fright is family expectations
A conversation with Shelly Jay Shore on their debut novel, 'Rules For Ghosting.'
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BINTEL BRIEF My dear friends’ wedding is on Yom Kippur. How do I reconcile my obligations?
Bintel says don’t take the scheduling personally — and skip the buffet
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Can there be poetry after Oct. 7? A new collection shows how
An anthology, called 'Shiva,' feels like an extension of the biblical scroll Lamentations
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Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi sympathies ran deeper than she admitted, a new documentary about the director argues
The new documentary “Riefenstahl,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, takes a critical look at the “Triumph of the Will” filmmaker
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Theater ‘Dirty Dancing’ be damned. A new musical shows another side of the Borscht Belt
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Books When a Jewish language is lost, we lose more than just words
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Fast Forward FBI charges 8 tied to U of Michigan pro-Palestinian movement with threatening officials, Jewish federation
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Fast Forward This Israeli filmmaker harshly criticizes his country. Pro-Palestinian activists boycotted him anyway