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Music Was Taylor Swift supposed to say ‘Free Palestine’ at the Grammys?
Annie Lennox did, and people are mad that the influential pop star has been silent
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Fast Forward Montana Tucker wears yellow-ribbon dress, Recording Academy CEO pays tribute to Nova victims at 2024 Grammys
The Scottish singer Annie Lennox also called for a ceasefire during her Sinead O’Connor tribute performance
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Fast Forward Annie Lennox calls for a cease-fire in Gaza during Grammys performance
The Scottish singer was previously married to an Israeli film producer
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Culture How Arnold Schoenberg leapt into the future and created a new musical form
Known for being a cerebral theorist, the composer gave voice to human heartbreak
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Culture Israeli soldiers are singing it in Gaza, and American Jews in shul: A Jewish song takes flight in crisis
How 'Acheinu' became a post-Oct. 7 rallying cry
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Culture ‘I vow to be more mindful going forward:’ UK rap star Skepta apologizes for artwork seen as referencing Holocaust
The now-deleted tease for his new single, ‘Gas Me Up,' featured the song’s title tattooed on one of several pale shaved heads.
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Fast Forward Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’
The seven-time Grammy winner “found out that I was Jewish in my late 20s”
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Culture French crooner Charles Aznavour loved Jews. A new museum in Armenia will tell that story.
Delayed by war in Nagorno-Karabakh and other obstacles, the Aznavour museum will document how his family saved Jews in Paris during WWII
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Opinion A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on US soil. I think I know why no one objected.
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Yiddish מחשבֿות פֿון אַן אַהיים־געקומענעם (אַ מלחמה־טאָגגבוך)Reflections of a soldier after returning home (a wartime diary)
דער מחבר איז אַ סטודענט אינעם ירושלימער העברעיִשן אוניווערסיטעט, אינעם צווייטן יאָר ייִדיש־לימוד
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Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
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News At Harvard, reports on antisemitism and anti-Palestinian bias reflect campus conflict over Israel
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