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Culture Hello, my name is Vashti: Meet a museum founder, a singer, an author and an Olympian
These modern-day Vashtis bear the name of the woman who paved the way for Purim’s Queen Esther
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Culture Sophie Zucker is ready to suck face
The comedian talks to the Forward about her uncensored one-woman musical, making fun of Manhattan and being extremely Jewish onstage
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Opinion On my mother’s deathbed, I learned she was a pioneering reproductive rights activist
The legislation my mother fought for encouraged a wider agenda for reproductive justice than abortion
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Looking Forward Artist Nidaa Badwan escaped repression in Gaza. Now she’s taking on Iran.
'Every part of my body wants to talk about this story,' Badwan said
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Film & TV Yes, this woman really did make the greatest film of all time. Next question?
Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' was recently enshrined by the BFI 'Sight and Sound' poll. Rightly so.
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Film & TV They hate to see a girlboss getting divorced: ‘My Unorthodox Life’ is back
In the Netflix reality show's second season, formerly Haredi fashion mogul Julia Haart finds that her divorce threatens her image as a powerful professional woman
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Books Fleishman is in trouble — but in this show, so is everyone else
One cat and two human Brooklynites live vicariously through the exploits of FX's morally bereft Upper East Side couple
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Culture In the story of Tolstoy’s marriage, a modern critique of the whole institution
Frederick Wiseman's 'A Couple' depicts Leo and Sophia Tolstoy in perpetual crisis
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News Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaida in address to Republican officials
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Opinion Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians
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Culture I ranked the NYC mayoral candidates exclusively based on their bagel orders
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News How Jewish can you be in a Boca country club? Wrapping tefillin got a family suspended, lawsuit says
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Culture His parents fled the Nazis in 1937 — now he’s using his chutzpah to fight Donald Trump
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Fast Forward 24 hours of war leaves Israel reeling, with bomb shelters full and flights canceled
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Fast Forward In US lawmakers’ response to Israel’s strike on Iran, sweeping support with signs of tension
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Opinion Trump’s latest move makes Mahmoud Khalil a Joseph for our times
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