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Film & TV The real problem with ‘A Real Pain’ is that it isn’t Jewish enough
Jesse Eisenberg's movie follows a Holocaust tour and the pain of its participants, but seems to forget those things are connected
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Culture In ‘Wicked,’ the power of propaganda takes center stage
The campaign against Elphaba echoes Nazi messaging about Jews
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Opinion Bobby Kennedy helped shape my Jewish values, so I wrote a biopic. Cue the RFK Jr. wrecking ball.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tarnished a name that long inspired me
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Culture There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas
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Culture A Jewish snowman movie would have made a lot more sense than Netflix’s ‘Hot Frosty’
We have a whole mythology about reanimating natural materials — the golem!
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Culture Why is the latest Jesus movie about, uh, mixed martial arts?
The prince of peace himself is not the only muscular Christian in 'The Carpenter'
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Culture How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor
Jones' 1964 score for 'The Pawnbroker' became an instant classic
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Culture ‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress
Eisenberg directs and stars in the road-trip movie with Kieran Culkin, who plays his cousin
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