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Culture
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Why do Ashkenazi Jews name babies after deceased relatives? A rabbi responds.
A person’s soul lives in us when we invoke their values and their life story
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Why are Jews calling anyone who disagrees with them a kapo?
The term is one of the harshest insults between Jews, yet somehow it has become just another political epithet
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In Auschwitz, a modern love story sparks a new Jewish chapter
“I am my own community,” says the first Jew to call Oswiecim home in two decades
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Theater At the nexus of Bertolt Brecht and Bernie Sanders, a young playwright finds his place
An avowed socialist, Jesse Jae Hoon uses his plays to merge the personal and the political
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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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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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Fast Forward Meet Matt Turner, the only Jewish player on Team USA in the World Cup
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Sports Their nickname is the Red Crosses, but these World Cup challengers practice at a Jewish day school
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News Mamdani was set to meet Colombian president known for inflammatory Israel rhetoric
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Theater ‘Dirty Dancing’ be damned. A new musical shows another side of the Borscht Belt