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Culture Kosher pork and Jews riding sows — how pigs came to define Jewish identity
It might be forbidden, but Jews have a long and complicated relationship with the pig
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Culture In place of a proud emblem of Jewish immigration in NYC, million-dollar condos and a private garden
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Culture She was a nice Jewish mother — and an organized-crime boss
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Fast Forward Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science
The article documents how the New England Journal of Medicine praised Nazi medical practices and was slow to document Nazi Germany’s abuses.
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Culture Charles Lindbergh was a vicious antisemite. Why does St. Louis publicly honor him?
It's time for the midwestern city to reckon with the legendary airman's antisemitism
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Culture How Yiddish slogans captured a controversial cover story — and the precarious state of American Jews
The Atlantic's new issue features a deep dive into American antisemitism. Its cover tells a slightly different story
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