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Film & TV There’s now a queer, sexy contender in the Jewish horror movie boom
‘Attachment’ is a funny and fresh take on an already tired formula
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Letters The ADL did not go too far in its remarks on the NYT Hasidic yeshiva investigation
While we continue to find language in The Times' investigation problematic, we did not attempt to stop the story
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Film & TV On screen, the beauty of Hasidic life transcends a cloistered world’s restrictions
Two films at the New York Jewish Film festival flout the usual dark depictions of Hasidism
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Film & TV Do horror and Hasidim mix? A new film says yes
‘The Offering’ aims to introduce audiences to authentic Jewish characters — and scare them along the way
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Fast Forward Dramatic video of Crown Heights hit-and-run circulates after spike in antisemitic hate crimes in NYC
Authorities are investigating the Brooklyn incident
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News She’s paralyzed from polio. Now she’s warning Orthodox Jews of an impending danger
Months after an Orthodox man was paralyzed by polio, New York public health says the virus is still circulating
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Yiddish World Here’s what I learned counseling Hasidic special needs children
Last month the New York Times reported on Hasidic schools' misuse of special education funding. Read what it's like working with these kids.
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Culture The top Jewish podcast changes the narrative on Jews who leave the Hasidic world
Heretic in the House subverts every assumption about off-the-derech, or OTD, Jews after they leave Orthodoxy
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Opinion My Jewish moms group ousted me because I work for J Street. Is this what communal life has come to?
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Opinion I co-wrote Biden’s antisemitism strategy. Trump is making the threat worse
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Opinion Stephen Miller’s cavalier cruelty misses the whole point of Passover
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Film & TV How Marlene Dietrich saved me — or maybe my twin sister — and helped inspire me to become a lifelong activist
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Culture Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
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Opinion Trump’s followers see a savior, but Jewish historians know a false messiah when they see one
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Fast Forward Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil for undermining U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism, judge rules
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Opinion This Passover, let’s retire the word ‘Zionist’ once and for all
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