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Culture
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In Puerto Rico, memories of a forgotten terror attack loom over the present
Just across from Puerto Rico's capitol building, two memorials force the viewer to confront a harrowing past
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Film & TV When Carl Weathers dedicated a Torah scroll with Jerry Stiller
In a 1994 episode of ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ Weathers participated in a meaningful Jewish ritual
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‘Never has peace seemed so necessary and impossible’ — Eva Illouz on the horrors of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
In her work, the iconic Franco-Israeli sociologist strives to make the darkness visible
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How Arnold Schoenberg leapt into the future and created a new musical form
Known for being a cerebral theorist, the composer gave voice to human heartbreak
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Film & TV The real reason Larry David attacked Elmo
In an assault seen around the world, the ‘Curb’ star took on the ‘Sesame Street’ icon
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The oral history of ‘Palestinian Chicken,’ Larry David’s favorite episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The most Jewish episode of 'Curb' — and one of its most beloved — retold by the people who made it
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A new Israeli ad makes Gaza look like a Mediterranean paradise — what’s the goal?
Israel might look like it's rethinking its wartime public relations strategy. Not so fast
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Books The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.
A dogged researcher has so far identified 800 surviving books from a library thought burned during the Holocaust
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Film & TV The 18 most Jewish episodes of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
Larry David’s HBO show, about to air its 12th and final season, has a lot to say about being Jewish
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Nordic musicians want Eurovision to ban Israel, as a Palestinian vies to enter
Israel has done well in Eurovision historically — but oddsmakers are betting against it this year
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Why a Jewish artist thinks his exhibit’s cancellation is evidence of censorship and antisemitism
Phillip Schwartz was ready to exhibit his Holocaust-related artwork. An arts center wanted to address accusations of genocide in Gaza.
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