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News Jewish Israelis are heading to Arabic class — and learning a bit more about Palestinians
‘I thought it was absurd that Jews don’t know Arabic and lots of people agreed with me,’ said Gilad Sevitt, who developed a popular online course to teach it
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Film & TV 7 great new films from Israel coming soon to a (big or small) screen near you
Documentaries and social dramas were among the highlights at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival
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News What to expect from an emerging Iran nuclear deal
A united Israeli front against an agreement is likely to draw opposition from mainstream Jewish groups but unlikely to trigger much blowback among Democrats
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Opinion Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene
Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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Opinion Dan Goldman won NY-10 — but does Brooklyn really need another white, straight, wealthy male politician?
New York City will now likely have two Jewish representatives in Congress
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News In New York’s primaries, tough choices for many Jewish voters
At least two Democratic incumbents could lose their seats and New York City could lose its sole Jewish House member — or see its Jewish representation increase
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Books When the Saudi Crown Prince interrupts your Seder – and more things we learned from Jared Kushner’s new memoir
Kushner’s book, ‘Breaking History: A White House Memoir,’ is due out on Tuesday
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Fast Forward Biden administration: Israel has yet to justify shuttering of Palestinian human rights groups
The United States voiced its 'concern' about Israel's raids on the offices of human rights NGOs in Ramallah
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Culture Lena Dunham’s new memoir is the most millennial thing ever
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Yiddish שיִער נישט פֿאַרבאָטן׃ גאַסנשילדן אױף אַן „אומגעוווּנטשענער“ שפּראַךNearly forbidden: Street signs in an ‘unwanted’ language
אַן איניציאַטיװ צו אָנערקענען בערלינס אַמאָליקע „ייִדישע גאַס“ װעקט אױף דעם טרױם פֿון ייִדיש װי אַן אָפֿיציעלע מינאָריטעט־שפּראַך
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Fast Forward The ‘godfather of denim’ was an Italian designer whose Jewish father was murdered at Auschwitz
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