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Culture
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He’s named after his grandfather Alfred Dreyfus (not that one)
How a note on a grave sparked a decadeslong friendship
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Meet Jill Hausman, the real rabbi who grimaced through jokes about Jews on SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’
During the five-minute appearance, Hausman reacted to increasingly cringey jokes from co-hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost.
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Art Paintings, Judaica and history collide at Tobi Kahn’s Eldridge Street exhibition
The artist’s work has a homecoming at the historic synagogue
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Claire Messud did not realize she was writing such a prescient novel
'This Strange Eventful History' is a sort of generational family saga, but its consideration of occupation and diaspora seems particularly timely
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France would like to believe that an antisemitic arson attack was an aberration — history says otherwise
A recent incident presents some eerie parallels to the First Crusade
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LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.
The museum's opening more than two years ago sparked controversy for not including the industry’s Jewish beginnings
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Whose art is it anyway? Inside the cultural battle between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters
Since the war broke out, debate has raged over the political meaning of art
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Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.
The site on the outskirts of Riga, where 4,000 Jews were murdered, is now a public park
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How a pair of visionary Jews found a link between Jewish and Native American cultures
Even though poet Jerome Rothenberg is gone, his collaboration with composer Charlie Morrow goes on
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How Judaism mattered to Sigmund Freud — and why Freud mattered to Jews
Naomi Seidman writes about the relationship between Freud and the Yiddish and Hebrew translations of his work
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BINTEL BRIEF My coworker never combs her hair. How do I tell her she’s hurting her credibility?
Hey there, Delilah! Bintel has 2 words of advice on how to police other people's hair
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Art From legendary photographer Ralph Gibson, a brand-new lens on Israel
In Gibson's exhibit 'Sacred Land,' a first-time trip to Israel proved to be a deeply spiritual experience
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Forverts in English A Yiddish word I never expected to see on a license plate
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Opinion Anti-Zionism forced us to withdraw from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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Opinion The Gaza War is neither a genocide nor a mission — it’s Revisionist Zionism in action
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Opinion Young Jews are fleeing Jewish institutions: Here’s how to keep them
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Culture Meet Jill Hausman, the real rabbi who grimaced through jokes about Jews on SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’
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Fast Forward Ivan Boesky, financier whose downfall led to a Jewish communal reckoning, dies at 82