How the Jewish Museum brought Black film history to new audiences
A revival of the 1970 series ‘The Black Film’ recounts how the museum encouraged intercultural dialogue in the wake of Black-Jewish conflict
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Film & TV In ‘Black and Jewish America,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr explores the history of Black-Jewish partnership and conflict
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Culture Waiting on line on Christmas is a time-honored New York tradition — was it ever thus?
Once upon a time, lining up for food or some other essential was a sign of deprivation — now it's a status symbol
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News A century before Mamdani, this Jewish socialist mayoral candidate divided NYC Jews
Morris Hillquit’s 1917 campaign bears striking similarities to Zohran Mamdani’s
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Fast Forward The World War II origins of the White House East Wing, now demolished
The modern East Wing was built to conceal an underground bunker in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor
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Hanan Ayalti’s Yiddish novel "Boom and Chains," now in English, portrays the complex struggles of the Jewish pioneers
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Culture Ashkenazi Jews, there’s 1,000 years of history you’ve been missing
The missing years include Jewish slavery in Italy
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