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Books Judaism is a “silent character” in Nora Ephron’s legacy
"Nora Ephron at the Movies" explores film, fashion and food. Ephron's Jewish identity? Not so much
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Books Kosher pork and Jews riding sows — how pigs came to define Jewish identity
It might be forbidden, but Jews have a long and complicated relationship with the pig
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Books From snoot to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
A professor of religious studies explores how the pig became the ultimate Jewish taboo — and an inadvertent marker of Jewish identity
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Books Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
After Tony Dokoupil’s questions on CBS Mornings faced criticism, the network said it fell short of editorial standards
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Looking Forward How one of America’s most prominent rabbis got on the path to the pulpit
In a new book, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove meditates on what it means to be Jewish in "such a time as this"
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Books She was the Sandy Koufax of ping pong. Now she’s the star of a children’s book.
'Ping-Pong Shabbat' puts into print the story of a modern (Orthodox) ping pong prodigy
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Books Old Jewish Men — and all aspiring to that status — now have a guide of their own
The founder of the viral brand speaks to the zen of being aged, Hebraic and direct to a fault
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Culture How Jewish was J.D. Salinger?
Judaism did not factor in the author's 'Catcher in the Rye,' but that doesn't mean his work was devoid of spirituality
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Fast Forward The judge in Maduro’s case is an Orthodox Jew — and displays a Torah verse in his chambers
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News He stormed the Capitol wearing a Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt 5 years ago. Where is he now?
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Opinion What does Marjorie Taylor Greene’s break with Trump mean for Jews? Nothing good
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News Greenland’s only Jew hears a familiar pattern in Trump’s annexation talk
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Fast Forward Jacob Frey, Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor, returns to the spotlight after ICE shooting in his city
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Fast Forward Cooper Union settles antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7
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