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He documented a changing Jewish world, and the Jewish world changed him
Photographer Bill Aron's work is on display at a retrospective at the American Jewish Historical Society
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For Israel’s foremost chiropterologist, every bat is a mitzvah
Professor Yossi Yovel, author of 'The Genius Bat,' hopes to show that the nocturnal creatures are not, in fact, the stuff of nightmares
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Robert Kraft’s new Super Bowl ad about antisemitism already feels dated
The ‘Sticky Note’ ad may not stick the landing on stopping Jew hate
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The Muppets are my rabbi, and they should be yours
Can a tutu-clad felt armadillo be a bastion of wisdom? Absolutely.
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Film & TV In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict
A new PBS series on Black and Jewish relations shows the promise and peril of allyship
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Film & TV When Catherine O’Hara delivered the perfect Purim spiel
The ‘Schitt’s Creek’ actress, who died at 71, once gave a riotous turn as an actress playing a Southern Jewish matriarch
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Film & TV Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ tracks the rise of Judit Polgar — but leaves her Jewishness out of it
The documentary covers the grandmaster’s barrier-breaking career and sidelines a key piece of where she came from
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Theater Could this be the most Jewish musical that never admits its own Jewishness?
A new production of 'Oliver!' featuring Simon Lipkin as Fagin brings back the sounds and rhythms of a Friday night dinner table
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Books 24 visions of Leonard Cohen, no clear picture of who he was
'The World of Leonard Cohen’ compares the mythologies of the musician and poet
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So many Jewish stars in this comedy, so few chances for them to shine
'Fantasy Life,' Matthew Shear's directorial debut, features Amanda Peet, Bob Balaban, Zosia Mamet, Judd Hirsch and more
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Could a video game help combat antisemitism on college campuses?
Julia Sebastien wants her PC game, 'StrangeLand,' to become a sort of guide to Jewish life on campus
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