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Books Why the ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is for grown-ups more than girls
The new adaptation of Judy Blume's 1970 classic might really be about Margaret's mother
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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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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
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Opinion John Roberts will not save us — but we might just able to save ourselves
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Yiddish נײַ בוך באַטראַכט די טעמע, ראַסיזם אין דער אַמעריקאַנער ייִדישער קולטורNew book discusses the issue of racism in American Yiddish culture
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