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Why you can’t judge a record by its cover — even if it’s full of swastikas
'Hitler's Inferno' is a record of Nazi marching songs with a surprising Jewish history
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Katz’s Deli is a mecca for food influencers — it kills me to see them butcher its good name
Some of the most-viewed videos of the New York institution bungle their delivery
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A handcrafted Torah ark perished in the L.A. wildfires. My dad’s was seeking a new home.
A family treasure will accompany Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center on their travels
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As Mel Brooks turns 99, his wisdom matters more than ever
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How a Jewish reporter like me got addicted to Christian media
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Looking Forward This is my last column as editor of the Forward
Some final reflections on half a decade asking big questions in the Jewish world
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‘When in doubt, deliver water’
Two expat women, one Palestinian and one Israeli, created a pop-up nonprofit to build toilets and send other supplies to Gaza
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Mahmoud Khalil, Elon Musk and the upside-down world of Purim 2025
Pour yourself a whiskey and consider the things the world's richest man and the campus protester facing deportation have in common
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Calling everything a crisis is bad for the Jews
When we are always in a defensive crouch about antisemitism on college campuses, nuance and critical thinking become impossible
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What will you do if ICE shows up at your synagogue?
At a congregation that runs a public preschool in a suburb with a lot of immigrants from Central American, it's not an abstract question
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Take Trump’s Gaza-a-Lago plan seriously, not literally
Forget all the reasons turning the Palestinian enclave into the "Riviera of the Middle East" seem impossible (and illegal). It's what underlies the president's wacko proposal that matters.
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