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Books How a 16-year-old Jewish high school student is fighting back against book banning in Florida
In a state than bans more books than any other, Iris Mogul is starting a conversation about George Orwell, Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston
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Books This Jewish philosopher should win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Martha Nussbaum's philosophy has forcefully argued for the importance of the humanities in a world that shrugs at art
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Books Jewish writers, Bible stories and Holocaust history are on new list of every banned book in the US
3 Jewish writers are among 10 most-banned authors on PEN America report documenting 33% increase in book bans
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Books Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students
The teacher read a passage with sexual content from an oft-contested graphic adaptation of the Holocaust diary, which uses Frank’s words
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Books Why Jews should pay close attention to book banning and bomb threats against libraries
Threats against libraries across America recall a harrowing antisemitic history
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Books Elon Musk doubted biblical miracles but loves Mel Brooks
Walter Isaacson's doorstopper biography reveals a skeptical Musk who likes Jewish humor
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Books A Jewish writer confronts the other 9/11, and urges us to never forget it
Ariel Dorfman's 'Suicide Museum' investigates the day in 1973 when Chilean president Salvador Allende died during a bloody coup
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Books A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship
The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Fast Forward Trump calls Jews who vote for Mamdani ‘stupid’
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Yiddish צי איז דאָ אַ צוקונפֿט פֿאַר ייִדיש אין אַנטווערפּן?Is there a future for Yiddish in Antwerp?
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Fast Forward Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall cancels annual Hanukkah concert, citing singer’s IDF ties
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Opinion Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?
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