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Books DeSantis boasts of groundwork on the Jerusalem embassy move in new book
Florida Gov Ron DeSantis assails ‘America’s bureaucratic elites’ for predicting it would lead to massive conflict
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Books Roald Dahl said terrible things — but rarely in his children’s books
The author’s work is undergoing a reported rewrite for inclusion. It’s his antisemitism that ought to be examined.
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Books How Jewish comedy found religion, from Philip Roth to ‘Broad City’
A new book explores the evolution of humor from the post-World War II era to the rise of the millennials
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Books American Jews created historic summer camps. Or did summer camps create American Jews?
An interview with Sandra Fox, author of 'The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America'
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Books A Jew warned her that she might have to escape America someday
Human rights lawyer Sofia Ali-Kahn stresses the need for Jewish-Muslim solidarity in the face of rising white Christian authoritarianism
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Books In this new play, all unhappy (Jewish) families are alike — and some look suspiciously familiar
Literary gossip! Emotional affairs! Katie Holmes! 'The Wanderers,' Anna Ziegler's off-Broadway play about marriage and fidelity, has it all.
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Books In Kafka’s diaries, harsh criticism and sympathetic fascination for his fellow Jews
Newly translated diaries shed light on the author's views on Jewish culture and customs
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Books In new book, Pompeo accuses Netanyahu of spreading false rumor for political gain
In preview of a 2024 GOP primary, Pompeo unleashes on Nikki Haley, downplaying her Israel bona fides
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
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Culture Why the loudest Jewish celebrity voices are not always the most influential
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Fast Forward A war-weary Jerusalem marks Purim one day after the rest of the world, a tradition born in what is now Iran
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