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James Arness, lead actor of “Gunsmoke” — one of the longest-running primetime TV series in history — passed away earlier today at the age of 88. Time Magazine in January 22, 1973 featured an interesting note about Arness’s philanthropy: he once donated his ranch to a Jewish institution: In the Galilean-like foothills of California’s Santa Susana Mountains, […]

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Dov Noy has an unusual profession–he collects Jewish folktales. To date, he’s recorded and catalogued more than 20,000 distinct tales. By identifying common types and recurring themes (among them, “reincarnation,” “a miracle happens to a poor person,” “prophetic fish”), he’s able to trace the paths that different stories have traveled over hundreds of years, and among […]

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