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News
Potato Latke Cocktail, Anyone?
In the winter of 2021, not long after President Biden’s inauguration, I walked into a small house party while another…
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Arts
Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films
Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do,…
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News
What in the World Is Happening in Israel?
A week of reporting from Israel and the West Bank has left me feeling that the prospect for a two-state…
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News
Israelis Have Put Benjamin Netanyahu Back in Power. Palestinians Will Likely Pay the Price.
HAIFA, Israel — As the prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu finalizes the formation of Israel’s most extreme right-wing government to date,…
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Arts
When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism
In this unsettling moment, comedians, filmmakers, playwrights and others have been struggling against a long-ingrained American response to look away.
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World
Emhoff Emerges as Face of White House Fight Against Antisemitism
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has become a forceful voice against what he called an “epidemic…
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News
Ashkenazi Jews Have Become More Genetically Similar Over Time
A new study of skeletons from a cemetery in Germany reveals a hidden history of Jews in the Middle Ages.
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Style
Laughing at Kanye Doesn’t Help
Just a couple of weeks after vowing, on Twitter, to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” the musician and…
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World
Netanyahu’s Comeback Widens Divide Over Israel Among American Jews
Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Brooklyn had always cherished Israel as a haven where Jews could aspire to their highest ideals.…
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News
Kyrie Irving Apologizes in TV Interview: ‘I Don’t Condone Any Hate Speech’
Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who has been suspended since Nov. 3, said during a television interview published on Saturday that…