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Culture In an unsettling account of French collaboration with Nazis, disturbing parallels with today’s politics
The case of Marshal Pétain may be history — but that history is far from over
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Culture One of the most important Jewish artists of his generation was born 100 years ago — can you recognize him?
He was a World War II hero and the consummate practitioner of his art, but out of costume, he may not look familiar
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Culture She wrote ‘Gigi’ and inspired a Keira Knightley movie — was she also a Nazi collaborator?
To save her husband from the Nazis, did Colette become one?
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Culture To understand the blindness of our Supreme Court, look to the land of Alfred Dreyfus
As France burns, we can witness the consequences of so-called 'race neutrality'
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Books Books Briefing: A mysterious postcard illuminates a French family’s Holocaust history
Plus doppelgänger stories, new Jewish romance and a reboot of a Yiddish classic in this month's books newsletter
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FIRST PERSON What would you do if you got a Nazi relic in the mail?
Unlike Clarence Thomas’ billionaire pal Harlan Crow, I couldn’t wait to get that thing out of my house
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Culture Echoing the language of antisemites, Emmanuel Macron has started to embrace the D-word
Exactly what does the French president mean when he speaks of 'decivilization'?
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Culture These Jewish Eurovision songs are terrible. Listen to them anyway
For every awful song, there's a moment when nothing else works
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Culture Did this Jewish literary titan have the right idea about Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling after all?
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Fast Forward Trump administration restores student visas, but impact on pro-Palestinian protesters is unclear
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