Your weekend reads: Cicadas, a tour of the Lower East Side, and antisemitism on TikTok
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Weekend reads for May 6th. By Angelie Zaslavsky
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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