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Whether it’s viral dot cakes or Love Shack Fancy skirts, Chloe Hechter wants you to know that ‘Jewish-American Princesses did it first’
Hechter, who currently boasts 186,000 TikTok followers, makes skits attempting to reclaim an outdated stereotype
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
The director says the events in his new film would cause a crisis of faith; Judaism thinks otherwise
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The Jewish friendship that let David Hockney experience ‘dangerous perfection’
Hockney's long connection with the American artist R.B. Kitaj was key to his art, as well as his life
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What does it say that Gwyneth Paltrow is advertising luxury Israeli real estate?
The ad, set and filmed in New York City, equates a Tel Aviv suburb with America’s largest city — as though that’s a simple proposition
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Theater ‘Dirty Dancing’ be damned. A new musical shows another side of the Borscht Belt
Pamela Gray’s ‘A Walk on the Moon’ brings the bungalow colonies to life
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Books When a Jewish language is lost, we lose more than just words
In 'Always Carry Salt,' Samantha Ellis races against time to try to save her Judeo-Iraqi Arabic language and culture
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Film & TV ‘Odessa’ wants to use your empathy against you
Viewers slowly realize a family fleeing post-war Germany may not be on the right side of history
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Israel boycott battle intensifies at Venice Art Biennale, testing tradition of inclusion
Even as artists threaten to sue if they are not removed from competition, a prestigious global art fair recommits to showcasing Israeli exhibits
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Their sons are fighting for Israel, and it’s driving them mad
The films 'Oxygen' and 'A Burning Man' portray parents struggling to maintain their sanity in a country under siege
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‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
The viral sports chant captures the city's diversity, and its ability to unite in single-minded sports mania
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Books The visionary Jewish poet who survived the Holocaust but not its aftermath
Anna Arno's intelligent and intricate biography tells the tragic story of Paul Celan
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Theater ‘Dirty Dancing’ be damned. A new musical shows another side of the Borscht Belt
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