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Books
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Yiddish World They tried to steal our language, too
Catalogues of Yiddish books kept by the Nazi-controlled Hungarian regime are being translated into English
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Books Amid the terror of war in Ukraine, a stirring debut novel demonstrates the power of love and art
Sam Wachman's 'The Sunflower Boys' is a novel of unmistakable authenticity and empathy
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Books Why a little-known Jewish writer from Belgium went viral — and why you should read her too
Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel 'I Who Have Never Known Men' has become a TikTok sensation
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Culture In just one family, four generations of Jewish doctors
Author and physician Ken Weinberg has inherited a history of compassion that started with his grandfather Misha
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Books In a time of xenophobia, displacement and distraction, we need Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ more than ever
Informed by scholarship and family history, Daniel Mendelsohn's translation is both vital and timely
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Books Legendary ‘King of Comedy’ Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls
Christopher Lewis’ book about his father explores the star’s Yiddish-speaking upbringing and his role in raising billions of dollars to fight muscular dystrophy
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Books They nurtured the fantasies of millions of readers — did they also pave the way for Donald Trump?
In Michael Grynbaum's new book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a tastemaking empire
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Books After 40 years in Jerusalem, everything has changed except one man’s love for it
'A Rooftop in Jerusalem’ follows one man’s relationship with the city as its politics and landscape change.
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Opinion It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change
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News Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? How a New York shul made the decision
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Film & TV How a complete unknown created one of the most iconic music events of the 1970’s
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Theater Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?
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