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  ‘This is not about Hitler’ — Micaela Diamond on the Broadway revival of ‘Parade’

  The Jewish musical theater star talks playing the role she's always dreamed of

  By Nora Berman

  5 min read
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  Letters

  Halevi is wrong. The fight to end the occupation and protect democracy are directly intertwined

  It is impossible to separate the attacks on the judiciary from the government’s plans to annex the West Bank

  By Mark Lurinsky Mar 17, 2023 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Joshua Malina is a proud Jew. In his latest role, he plays his polar opposite

  Thirty-four years after his Broadway debut, the Jewish actor takes the lead in Sir Tom Stoppard’s 'Leopoldstadt'

  By Nora Berman Mar 15, 2023 | 3 min read

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  A war for others: As Israeli democracy falters, the country walks a fine line in Ukraine

  Israel has mastered the art of tiptoeing around Russia’s war in Ukraine

  By Ksenia Svetlova Mar 15, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Commemorating Philip Roth means confronting his limitations head on

  A 90th birthday event in the late author’s honor is an occasion to remember his gifts and his failings, writes a Georgetown University scholar

  By Jacques Berlinerblau Mar 14, 2023 | 6 min read
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  Antisemitism is a growing problem. Georgia’s proposed law is the wrong way to fight it

  Legislators should rely on better definitions for fighting anti-Jewish hate

  By Joe Sterling Mar 14, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Prime time for Michelle Yeoh: In Jewish tradition, age 50 is just the beginning of wisdom

  At age 60, the Oscar-winning actress is only getting started

  By Daphne Lazar Price Mar 14, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  A Black and a white Jew discuss: Chris Rock uses the N-word. Here’s why Jews don’t use the k-word

  Two veteran Jewish journalists — one Black, one white — discuss the Netflix special 'Selective Outrage' and historically charged terms

  By Robin Washington and Rob Eshman Mar 13, 2023 | 4 min read
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  I was wrong about Israel. I apologized. Then President Carter gave me a lesson in grace

  Carter owed me nothing, yet gave me a sense there is a capacity within us all for unconditional love

  By Steve Berman Mar 10, 2023 | 4 min read
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  How the late actor Topol turned Tevye into a Zionist

  The star of 'Fiddler on the Roof' brought his Israeli self to a musical film about the Jewish Diaspora.

  By Andrew Silow-Carroll Mar 9, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Tennessee’s drag ban affecting Purim is not a distraction from trans advocacy

  In the face of the dangerous and formidable movement against queer lives, all voices are necessary

  By Mordechai Levovitz Mar 9, 2023 | < 1 min read