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(From left) Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie in "The Curse." (Photo/Courtesy Showtime)
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Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s ‘The Curse’ is a deeply Jewish reflection on America’s original sins

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar November 30, 2023January 16, 2024
Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children converted to Judaism on Nov. 5, 2023. Then the married couple got married again in a Jewish ceremony. (Photo/Levi Lehman)
Posted inTV & Film

‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and a makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
Herbert Gold at home in August of 2021. (Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inObituaries

Herbert Gold, San Francisco novelist who mined his own Jewish upbringing, dies at 99

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023
Willie "The Lion" Smith in his apartment in Manhattan, ca. January 1947. (Photo/William P. Gottlieb-Library of Congress)
Posted inMusic

Remembering Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, one of jazz’s first Jewish stars

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
As1one, from left, is: Nadav Phillips, Ohad Attia, Aseel Farah, Niv Lin, Neta Rozenblat and Sadik Dogosh. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot from TikTok)
Posted inMusic

The world’s first Israeli-Palestinian boy band accidentally picked a wild moment to make their debut

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
Deborah Feldman poses in her living room in Berlin, March 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Christophe Gateau-picture alliance via Getty Images)
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‘Unorthodox’ author Deborah Feldman is a lightning rod in Germany’s debate about criticizing Israel

by Toby Axelrod November 21, 2023November 21, 2023
a young woman holds up american and israeli flags made from construction paper
Posted inCulture

Cancel culture comes for ‘Israelism,’ a documentary about Jews critical of Israel

Mira Fox by Mira Fox November 20, 2023November 21, 2023
Maia, a young black performer, stands on stage at a microphone, as if she is competing in a spelling bee
Posted inTheater

23-year-old actor made leap from camp talent show to local stages

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 17, 2023February 28, 2024
“Eretz Nehederet,” a satirical TV show in Israel, mocked far-left American student activists in a recent English-language video. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inComedy

Comedians defend Israel the best way they know how: Make ’em laugh

by Amy Klein November 17, 2023
Mitch Horowitz is the author of "Modern Occultism." (Photo/Ebru Yildiz)
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Q&A: This historian says occultism isn’t ‘entirely at odds with Judaism’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 16, 2023June 4, 2024

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