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Culture How a once-neglected Slovenian writer survived the Nazis camps to live to 108
Boris Pahor was the author of ‘Necropolis,’ which fictionalized his experiences in WWII
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News ‘It’s a spiritual earthquake’: When rabbis become sexual abusers
Based on interviews with 84 victims and survivors of sexual abuse, Elana Sztokman’s new book examines how Jewish communities often turn a blind eye to abusers – and even support them.
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Culture New Yiddish stories and nonfiction for ‘Mrs. Maisel’ fans: The Jewish books you need to know this spring
Our favorite new releases, plus a trip to New York's antiquarian book fair
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Culture A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers
“The book is about trying to figure out why [conspiracies latched onto] this wealthy Jewish family and not another wealthy Jewish family. Or why not the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Waltons?”
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News Bernie Sanders took pride in being a Jewish presidential candidate, a former aide says
In a memoir, Ari Rabin-Havt writes about Sanders’ reluctance to discuss his Judaism in public
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Fast Forward Joshua Cohen’s satirical novel ‘The Netanyahus’ wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Cohen’s book satirizes a real-life visit to America by the future prime minister’s father.
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Culture A Pulitzer-winning novel drops the Netanyahus in an American college town
Joshua Cohen's 2021 novel won the 2022 Pulitzer for Fiction.
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Fast Forward Kushner expected to publish a book on his White House experience
The memoir is expected to detail debates in the Oval Office and Jared Kushner’s meetings with Arab leaders
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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