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Keith Naftaly (white shirt) with the seminal rap group Run-DMC. (Photo/Courtesy)
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How a Jewish radio savant turned San Francisco’s KMEL into the top rap station

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 16, 2023August 18, 2023
Ella Rosenblatt, age 2, with her filmmaker father, Jay Rosenblatt in "How Do You Measure a Year?" (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
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How it feels to watch yourself grow up in 29 minutes flat

by Stav Ziv August 16, 2023August 16, 2023
David Eldar (right) during the 2023 Scrabble championship tournament. He defeated Harshan Lamabadusuriya (left) to win the tournament. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy NASPA)
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The Jewish world champion of Scrabble shares his secrets on how to win the game

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz August 15, 2023August 15, 2023
A selection of the Beaufort County School District book review committee's notes determining that Bernard Malamud's "The Fixer" was appropriate for students. The South Carolina district returned the challenged book to shelves after nearly a year on Aug. 9, 2023. (Illustration/JTA)
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‘Persecution of Jews is educationally significant’: How a school district put a contested classic back on the shelves

by Andrew Lapin August 15, 2023
Puppeteer Randal J. Metz (left) and show author Shana Barchas answer audience questions about Children's Fairyland's first Jewish puppet show, "It Could Always Be Worse," July 30. (Photo/George Barahona)
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Children’s Fairyland presents its first Jewish puppet show as part of diversity effort

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb August 14, 2023August 15, 2023
(Photos/Getty Images; Screenshot/YouTube; Collage by Mollie Suss)
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The 10 most influential Jewish rappers of the past 50 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023April 17, 2024
Clockwise from top left: The Beastie Boys, Doja Cat and Rick Rubin, shown with Russell Simmons, are a few of the prominent Jewish figures from the first 50 years of hip-hop. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images; Design/JTA-Mollie Suss)
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From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023August 16, 2023
This illustration accompanied the essay "I was an Iranian Jewish refugee" by Tabby Refael in the inaugural issue of Distinctions.
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New online journal elevates contemporary Sephardic and Mizrahi voices

by Dan Pine August 10, 2023August 11, 2023
Esty Marcus (left) interviews Aleeza Ben Shalom at the Lent Chabad Center, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo/Jeff Bartee Photography)
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Aleeza Ben Shalom of ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ brings Bay Area singles onstage at live event

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 9, 2023August 10, 2023
Herbert Sussan, seen here in Nagasaki in 1946, later said in an oral history, “All of us were absolutely stunned, and nobody could believe it was one bomb.” (Photo/Courtesy Leslie Sussan)
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Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor

by Jon Kalish August 9, 2023

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