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Books This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust
In 'Adieu,' Alfred Lakritz tells the powerful story of his own survival
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Fast Forward Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winner behind ‘Maus,’ plans graphic novel about Gaza
‘I’ve never had a bigger wrestling match inside my head,' the author said of the project
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Opinion It’s been a dark year. The holidays are challenging. Let Isaac Bashevis Singer guide you
A great Jewish sage has simple, excellent advice that helped me — and might help you
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Fast Forward Rebecca Makkai, whose grandfather drafted a Nazi-era antisemitic law, is writing a novel about the rise of fascism
The author of “The Great Believers” has joined in an effort to fight antisemitism and also publicly criticized Israel
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Books What if Jews rebuilt the Temple?
Yishai Sarid’s ‘The Third Temple’ imagines a dark future for the Jewish state
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Books After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine
Coates' trademark approach to journalism met a subject it couldn't make sense of
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Books How antisemitic was Joseph Conrad, author of ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The Secret Agent’?
The author was known to disparage Jews, yet sometimes he was also thought to be one
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Books In the shadows of Nazi viciousness, an unlikely story of love and heroism blooms
Adriana Allegri's debut novel 'The Sunflower House' was inspired by a real-life Lebensborn institution
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Looking Forward Everyone thought I was crazy for majoring in religious studies. Here’s why it matters now more than ever.
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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