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Culture
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An astonishing history of wartime Berlin that reads like a thriller
Ian Buruma's 'Stay Alive' is at once panoramic and intimate, dispassionate and deeply moving
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Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
Extremist beliefs feed into each other, as is obvious in 'Inside the Manosphere'
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This rabbi reshaped and revitalized Judaism in the 20th century — how have we forgotten him?
Mordecai Kaplan's vision of 'maximum Jewishness' may be just what we need in these fraught times
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This initiative is helping Israeli war survivors heal through art — and is making therapy cool
The 8 Project brings survivors to LA and NYC for an unconventional, art-based method for processing trauma
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Film & TV Everything Jewish that happened at the Oscars: A ‘Marty Supreme’ shutout, an onstage ‘free Palestine’ and more
The Forward culture team breaks down everything Jewish in the Academy Awards
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His family was forced to sell their precious Pissarro painting before fleeing Nazi Germany; will he finally see justice?
Lilly Cassirer's last living heir awaits a legal ruling on a Camille Pissarro masterpiece
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Looking Forward How my love for oysters parallels my Judaism
An century-old argument that oysters are kosher captures the essence of Jewish identity
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The iconic ‘Melt the ICE’ hat got stitched together in a Jewish-owned Minnesota yarn shop
Knitting store owner Gilah Mashaal sees similarities between her family’s expulsion from the Middle East and what’s happening in the United States
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I’m going to miss the ‘Marty Supreme’ press tour when it’s over
Watching Timothée Chalamet live out his character in increasingly absurd PR stunts has been a delight
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I had a shot at rock ’n’ roll fame. I chose a lifetime of Shabbat instead.
Just as Peter Himmelman's career was beginning, he risked everything to honor something far older than the music business.
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Art In the work of 21 artists, 49 different ways to be Jewish
The Derfner Museum of Judaica's 'Envisioning the Sacred' exhibit encompasses paintings, printings, drawings and linoleum cuts
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