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Opinion Julianna Margulies is not your average ‘Karen’
The actress' recent racist remarks bely white Jewish women's conditional relationship to the privileges of white femininity
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman feels ‘heartbroken’ and ‘politically homeless’ as war rages between Israelis and Palestinians
The comedian lamented ‘All this death and rage between cousins’
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Fast Forward Jewish fans slam the trailer for Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein biopic ‘Maestro,’ which shows Bradley Cooper with an elongated nose
'This isn’t about making a non-Jewish actor look more like Leonard Bernstein; it’s about making a non-Jewish actor look more like a Jewish stereotype,' one critic tweeted
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Film & TV Sarah Silverman’s new special is her best argument yet for loving Jews (with digestive issues)
In HBO’s ‘Someone You Love,’ the comic may charm skeptics tired of her sanctimony
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California Briefing California Briefing: The race to replace Dianne Feinstein
Plus: Seth Rogen's bizarre new project, and an unexpected tribute to Steven Spielberg
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Culture 5 ways of looking at Sarah Silverman
A series of conversations among a quintet of critics after a field trip to ‘The Bedwetter’
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Culture Why Bob Einstein — aka Marty Funkhouser from ‘Curb,’ aka Super Dave, aka Officer Judy — contained multitudes
Bob Einstein was a comedic test case in nature versus nurture. In the end, comedy was what came naturally. The son of vaudevillian Parkyakarkus (né Harry Einstein), who was a crackup on the radio and around the dinner table, Einstein had a showbiz pedigree. And yet, he rejected the call of entertainment until he was…
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News Sarah Silverman shows up for ‘kick-ass’ sister Susan’s foster and adoption cause
You know the headliner must be really important when her warm-up act is Sarah Silverman. “Without further ado, a Jew,” the comedian said as she introduced her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman. The Oct. 3 celebrity-studded event at the home of actors Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker was a fundraiser for the rabbi’s organization, Second Nurture,…
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Opinion I’m a Jew of color. Ta-Nehisi Coates can’t apply US lessons to Israel.
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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Fast Forward Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
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Culture Columbus may have had Jewish heritage — that doesn’t mean he was Jewish
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Yiddish זום־שמועס: האָבן די רבנים געקעמפֿט קעגן די משׂכּילים? Zoom event: Did the Rabbis wage war against the Enlightenment thinkers?
יוחנן לאָווען וועט רעדן וועגן דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון די חרמות און קאַמפֿן קעגן די משׂכּילים מצד די פֿרומע קרײַזן
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Yiddish ווי איז שׂימחת־תּורה אַנדערש פֿון שבֿועות? How is Simchat Torah different from Shavuot?
דער עיקר־באַטײַט פֿון ביידע יום־טובֿים איז דאָס קריגן די תּורה, אָבער די שטימונג איז גאָר אַן אַנדערע.
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Fast Forward Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022
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Fast Forward Biden warns Israel to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza or face cuts to military aid
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