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Looking Forward
How my love for oysters parallels my Judaism
An century-old argument that oysters are kosher captures the essence of Jewish identity
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The iconic ‘Melt the ICE’ hat got stitched together in a Jewish-owned Minnesota yarn shop
Knitting store owner Gilah Mashaal sees similarities between her family’s expulsion from the Middle East and what’s happening in the United States
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I’m going to miss the ‘Marty Supreme’ press tour when it’s over
Watching Timothée Chalamet live out his character in increasingly absurd PR stunts has been a delight
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I had a shot at rock ’n’ roll fame. I chose a lifetime of Shabbat instead.
Just as Peter Himmelman's career was beginning, he risked everything to honor something far older than the music business.
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Art In the work of 21 artists, 49 different ways to be Jewish
The Derfner Museum of Judaica's 'Envisioning the Sacred' exhibit encompasses paintings, printings, drawings and linoleum cuts
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Film & TV Walter Benjamin knew what Timothée Chalamet meant about opera and ballet
The 'Marty Supreme' star's comments on movies as a popular art form align surprisingly well with the German thinker's philosophy
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For the ‘Jazz Rabbi’ of Connecticut, music and Judaism are both about tradition and improvisation
Greg Wall runs 'Jazz at the Post' in Westport, but still finds time to pray and study Talmud every day
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As ‘Death of a Salesman’ returns to Broadway, the question remains — how Jewish is Willy Loman?
Arthur Miller's doomed and delusional protagonist has been seen as both a crypto-Jew and an American everyman
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In a new opera, Tevye’s forgotten daughter takes the spotlight
'Tevye’s Daughters’ recalls a repressed memory from the women’s perspective
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Could my love of oysters actually be kosher?
At the turn of the 20th century, rabbis argued that bivalves were OK to eat — which is good news for a Jewish oyster shucker like me
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The minotaur-slaying, dragon-battling hero of this video game is an old Jewish guy with back problems and an attitude
The upcoming ‘The Eternal Life of Goldman’ is a gorgeous, 2D fantasy-adventure centered on the exploits of the kippah-wearing Mr. Goldman
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Opinion Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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News They texted about Torah and mitzvahs. Feds say they were insider trading
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Opinion Piers Morgan is what’s wrong with media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and I can’t stop watching him
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Culture The Jewish secret to affordable eyewear that isn’t so secret anymore
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Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
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Looking Forward When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance