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In New York, migrants crowd into hotels seeking shelter — just like Jewish refugees did after WWII
At the Roosevelt, the Park West and the Belnord, echoes of Holocaust survivors' stories
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Once upon a time, eager acolytes thought their false Messiah could make their country great again — sound familiar?
On the strange but insistent parallels between Sabbatai Sevi of Smyrna and Donald Trump of Queens
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Film & TV How William Friedkin, a Jewish kid from Chicago, made us fear the Catholic devil
The director of ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘French Connection’ is dead at 87
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Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor
For Leslie Sussan, a 'New York Quaker Jew,' telling her dad's story is one way of trying to repair the world
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Something wonderful is happening in the world of Jewish poetry
At the Yetzirah Poetry Conference, some Jewish poets feel they have finally found their very own shul
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How a scandalous Jewish no-goodnik captured the imagination of the world
For more than a century, audiences have thrilled to the temptations of Salome and 'Salomania'
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Film & TV Did ‘Borat’ warn us about Rudy Giuliani’s further fall from grace?
His recorded remarks recall an infamous cameo in Sacha Baron Cohen’s film
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BINTEL BRIEF Rabbis didn’t love our advice on dating a rabbi
In the words of one rabbi, Bintel 'got this one wrong'
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Comparing his indictment to Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is right for extremely wrong reasons
The indicted former president's glib accusations unwittingly invoke the specter of the philosopher Carl Schmitt
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Long before the blockbuster movie, Barbie taught me how to embrace Judaism — and celebrate Yom Kippur
A 2005 documentary showed me that the history of Barbie and the history of American Jews are weirdly connected
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Theater In stories told through puppets, haunting tales of generational trauma
With 'Paper Cut,' Israeli artist Yael Rasooly has found a way to heal herself — and her audiences
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The secret Jewish history of the Grateful Dead
The group, led by Jerry Garcia, inspired 'Jews for Jerry' and 'Blues for Challah.'
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Culture Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, Hello Grandkids of My Original Fans
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Culture How a scandalous Jewish no-goodnik captured the imagination of the world
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Opinion Our parents shunned Volkswagen and Mercedes — is it time for Jews to give up their Teslas?
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News In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of a ‘culture clash’
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News A neo-Nazi is building a compound in rural Maine for his ‘Blood Tribe’
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Fast Forward Suspect in antisemitic subway rant pleads guilty to hate crime
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
Mon., Aug 7, 2023 • 12 P.M. EST
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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