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Culture
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What Stephen Sondheim knew about Donald Trump’s would-be assassin — and the American culture that produced him
Sondheim had the idea that would-be presidential assassins are trying to live out a version of the American dream gone rotten
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Film & TV Did Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ really make an Israeli superhero Russian?
Uproar over changes to Shira Haas' character Sabra have prompted online outrage — but are they true?
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How a legendary Jewish sociologist’s faith in reason is what we need in this dangerous, fist-pumping time
The son of.a French rabbi, Émile Durkheim understood the dangers of succumbing to our basest instincts
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In a young boy’s diary, a record of how Jews lived to the fullest, even in the face of death
YIVO’s new online exhibition tells the story of cultural life in the Vilna ghetto
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Seeing Trump’s failed assassination as a sign of God’s favor is a very biblical mistake
After the failed assassination attempt, many claimed the near-miss was a sign of Trump's favor from God. But God hates assumptions
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Art How a Jewish family and a museum are honoring an artist whose work remains nothing short of devastating
A long-overdue exhibit at MoMA about Kaethe Kollwitz, offers an unforgettable meditation on violence and war
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Ruth Westheimer — woman of valor, Lion of Judah and America’s most famous sexologist
Dr. Westheimer, who was born Karola Ruth Siegel in Germany, has died at 96
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What happens when pro-Palestinian symbols become fast fashion?
Kaffiyeh-print everything is now available, drop-shipped to your door for low, low prices
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In Israel, a photographer sees a country whose parts don’t fit perfectly but still form a whole
From the Nova site to the shuk in Jerusalem, seeking the wide view
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In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness
In “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenrpreis uses humor and vulnerability tin sharing how it feels to be neurodivergent
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A hurricane named Beryl, an agonizing plight straight out of the Book of Job
In Houston, residents without power find themselves in a drama of biblical proportions
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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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News How Iran is outsourcing terror plots against Jews
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Fast Forward Helen Mirren criticizes Israel at film festival after being called ‘evil Zionist’ in viral video
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Fast Forward After dozens of Jewish girls get lost in NY creek tunnel, antisemitic comments follow online
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Yiddish דער קאַמף צװישן טראַדיציע און רעװאָלוציע אין סאָװעטיש־ייִדישער קולטור The battle between tradition and revolution in Soviet-Yiddish culture
סאָװעטיש־ייִדיש איז געװען אַ ראַדיקאַלער עקספּערימענט, װאָס פֿאַרנעמט אַ װיכטיקן פּלאַץ אױף דער װעלטמאַפּע פֿון ייִדישער קולטור
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News A Jewish nonprofit was training men to prevent sexual abuse. Then the funding disappeared