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Fast Forward In her forthcoming book, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she donates to help reconstruct the biblical Temple
The Georgia congresswoman explains the donations in a chapter that she hopes will clarify her 'Jewish space lasers' comments
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Culture Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’
The bestselling author says he felt an "obligation" as a Jewish writer to tell the story
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Fast Forward Publisher removes Jewish stereotypes from classic Georgette Heyer romance novel
Heyer pioneered the Regency romance genre and subsequently inspired legions of authors, such as "Bridgerton" novelist Julia Quinn
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Culture How Barbra Streisand’s interior design manifesto inspired an unlikely hit play
Over a decade before publishing her first memoir, the movie star made her authorial debut with a coffee table tome detailing her sometimes questionable, always ostentatious taste in home decor
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Culture ‘But we must speak’: Palestinian scholars, activists, allies address packed Manhattan crowd
A literary event drew comparisons between Jim Crow America and modern-day Israel, and asked American observers to stand up for Palestinian rights
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Culture The first anthology of writing about the war is an outpouring of poetry and anguish
Rabbi Menachem Creditor's 'Am Yisrael Chai: Essays, Poems, and Prayers' was born out of the blur that followed Oct. 7
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Culture A timeline of cultural events canceled since Hamas’ attack on Israel
In the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, widespread cancellations of events tied to Palestinian or Muslim communities have raised fears about free speech and censorship
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Culture Surviving the Holocaust, only to endure the brutality of life under Stalin
In 'Two Roads Home,' Daniel Finkelstein urges the reader to remember both Nazi and Soviet crimes against humanity
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