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Film & TV A comedy about a vanishing Jewish community doesn’t seem so funny right now
In 'The Last of the Jews,' an ailing mother and her hapless son hide disturbing truths from each other
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Fast Forward How Jewish journalist Ruth Elkrief wound up in the middle of France’s debate over antisemitism and Islamophobia
A far-left leader called the 30-year broadcast veteran Islamophobic for asking tough questions of a pro-Palestinian lawmaker
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Fast Forward Emmanuel Macron hosts ceremony honoring 42 French victims of Oct. 7 attack on Israel
The ceremony had generated political controversy when members of a far-left party announced plans to attend
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Culture ‘Never has peace seemed so necessary and impossible’ — Eva Illouz on the horrors of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
In her work, the iconic Franco-Israeli sociologist strives to make the darkness visible
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Film & TV In a conversion comedy, France’s Jerry Seinfeld flirts with Catholicism
‘Stay With Us’ reveals the French-Moroccan comic Gad Elmaleh’s fascination with the Virgin Mary
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Fast Forward Gabriel Attal, France’s new prime minister, says his Jewish and gay identity has shaped him
Gabriel Attal says his father told him, “You’ll feel Jewish all your life, mainly because you’ll suffer antisemitism because of your name"
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Theater She’d never played a Jewish character before. Then, a hit play about antisemitism came along.
Francis Benhamou heads to Broadway with Joshua Harmon's 'Prayer for the French Republic'
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