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Fast Forward J.D. Salinger asked publishers to remove references to his Jewish heritage, newly surfaced letters reveal
“The Catcher in the Rye” could have had "that Jewish-Irish business" on its jacket, the letters show
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Culture They escaped the Nazi genocide, but these ‘Wanderers’ still went through hell
In Daniela Gerson's latest book, a tale of survival and subterfuge that echoes the stories of today's immigrants
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News A Palestinian and an Israeli bereaved in violence make the case for peace
“The Future Is Peace” authors Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon found a shared path after Oct. 7 by focusing on the emotional work needed for progress
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Fast Forward 42 Jewish authors slam Jewish Book Council for ‘bias toward centering Israeli and Zionist voices’
The open letter accuses the literary organization of betraying its mission
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Books A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland
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Culture Ben Lerner’s tale of three hotels is a lyrical novel of loss and human potential
in 'Transcription,' the celebrated author writes Jewishly of what he finds himself unable to escape
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Culture In her inspired and inspiring history of the Jewish Bund, Molly Crabapple has found her anti-Zionist heroes for our time
Though written for this political moment, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' is more of a history and a tribute than a handbook
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Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
in 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward Helen Mirren criticizes Israel at film festival after being called ‘evil Zionist’ in viral video
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Fast Forward After dozens of Jewish girls get lost in NY creek tunnel, antisemitic comments follow online
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Yiddish דער קאַמף צװישן טראַדיציע און רעװאָלוציע אין סאָװעטיש־ייִדישער קולטור The battle between tradition and revolution in Soviet-Yiddish culture
סאָװעטיש־ייִדיש איז געװען אַ ראַדיקאַלער עקספּערימענט, װאָס פֿאַרנעמט אַ װיכטיקן פּלאַץ אױף דער װעלטמאַפּע פֿון ייִדישער קולטור
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News A Jewish nonprofit was training men to prevent sexual abuse. Then the funding disappeared