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Culture
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He’s named after his grandfather Alfred Dreyfus (not that one)
How a note on a grave sparked a decadeslong friendship
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How Judaism mattered to Sigmund Freud — and why Freud mattered to Jews
Naomi Seidman writes about the relationship between Freud and the Yiddish and Hebrew translations of his work
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BINTEL BRIEF My coworker never combs her hair. How do I tell her she’s hurting her credibility?
Hey there, Delilah! Bintel has 2 words of advice on how to police other people's hair
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Art From legendary photographer Ralph Gibson, a brand-new lens on Israel
In Gibson's exhibit 'Sacred Land,' a first-time trip to Israel proved to be a deeply spiritual experience
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Art The 1964 Venice Biennale was a landmark in art history — was it rigged?
Amei Wallach's 'Taking Venice' revisits a real-life caper starring Robert Rauschenberg and Leo Castelli
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Music How my story about Nazi-looted art inspired an opera by one of America’s greatest composers
'Before It All Goes Dark' started life as an article in the Chicago Tribune
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How a utopian Eurovision became a microcosm of a world divided over Israel and Gaza
As crowds booed and cheered Israel's contestant, Eden Golan, dreams of interfaith coexistence clashed sharply with a new reality
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Art The Bob Ross of the Borscht Belt is finally getting a New York City show
Morris Katz’s ‘instant art’ will be on view at YIVO
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Before Eden Golan sang at Eurovision, Jewish teens from across Germany performed at Jewrovision
For the last two decades, Jewrovision has annually convened what’s thought to be the largest Jewish youth event in Europe
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First Person ‘Solidarity had morphed into a nightmare’: A journalist goes inside the encampment at the University of British Columbia
While the pro-Palestine encampments across Canada have largely been peaceful, Hadani Ditmars describes how protesters ended up escorting her out
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Books ‘Is your fav author a zionist???’ A viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world.
'We’ve been hearing about lists like this one for months now. Seeing this one publicly, and the explanations, is truly chilling,' the CEO of the Jewish Book Council said
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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