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(From left) Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel, Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn, Thomas Lennon as Harold Von Braunhut, Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee and James Marsden as Jack LaLanne in “Unfrosted.” (Photo/John P. Johnson-Netflix)
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In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Beitar fans watching a match in “Bros,” now streaming on Netflix. (Photo/Netflix)
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Israeli show about rabid soccer fans sidesteps anti-Arab racism

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Dean Linnard stars as drag queen Arnold Beckoff in Marin Theatre Company’s production of "Torch Song." (Photo/David Allen)
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Harvey Fierstein’s Jewish and queer classic ‘Torch Song’ comes to Marin

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Tony nominees Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz and Bebe Neuwirth as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret. (Photo/Marc Brenner via Foward)
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In the 2024 Tony nominees, a reminder Jews that don’t always need to work Jewish

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 30, 2024April 30, 2024
(From left) Stanford journalism lecturer Janine Zacharia, UCLA students Michaela Esposito, Ann Pei, Gillian Smith and Maia Gelerter, and Stanford history professor Sarah Abreyava Stein, the team that brought "With Many Miracles" to publication. (Photo/Courtesy)
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How Stanford and UCLA students and professors brought a Belgian Holocaust survivor’s story to light

by Sue Fishkoff April 29, 2024May 2, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld performing in 2019. (Photo/Ralph_PH via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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In Seinfeld’s new anti-woke kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes

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Jews evacuate the Old City of Jerusalem after Arab riots in 1936. (Photo/Wikipedia)
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‘Palestine 1936’: New book uses the past to offer hope for the future

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 29, 2024April 29, 2024
Israeli police arrest writer Ayelet Waldman at the Erez Crossing, April 26, 2024. (Photo/Emily Glick)
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Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman arrested during protest near Gaza border

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 26, 2024April 26, 2024
Detail from Frank Stella’s "Then came a dog and bit the cat." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center)
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That Passover song about the goat captivated a famous artist who wasn’t Jewish

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Rossi now and, on the cover of her memoir, during her time in high school (before being shipped out to Crown Heights). (Photo/She Writes Press)
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‘Hiya Rebbe!’ How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights

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