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Tufts to remove Sackler name from buildings and programs

The Purdue Pharma owners have come under intense criticism for their role in the American opioid crisis.

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Tiffany Haddish’s celebrity-filled bat mitzvah, in photos

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Tony Shalhoub, right, with Rachel Brosnahan in season three of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." (Amazon Studios)

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Tony Shalhoub grew up in a Lebanese family in Wisconsin. He draws on that to play his Jewish ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ character.

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Why Israelis feel at home on this remote Brazilian island

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Gal Gadot and her husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for a US audience

Food

Bukharian chicken and herbed rice: A fragrant one-pot meal with a generations-old recipe

By Leanne Shor December 4, 2019 2:39 pm

from The Nosher

Culture

In the Jewish heart of Pittsburgh, Mister Rogers was actually our neighbor

By Dorit Sasson December 4, 2019 2:18 pm

from Kveller

Culture

I didn’t need to marry Jewish, but I wound up with a rabbi

By Stephanie Belsky December 4, 2019 2:02 pm

from Alma

OPINION

Opinion

This Holocaust-themed figure skating costume is just the sport’s latest to cause scandal

Opinion

Leave the Holocaust out of your self-promotion, political agenda and profit-seeking

Opinion

A project that helps formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews find their place in the Jewish world

Obituaries

Allan Gerson, lawyer who made it easier for terror victims to sue governments, dies at 74

By Ron Kampeas December 3, 2019 5:25 pm

From left: Rich Rumelt, the board president of The Workers Circle; Ann Toback, the group's executive director; Seth Rogen; and Mark Rogen at the organization's ceremony in New York City, Dec. 2, 2019. (Mark Stephen Kornbluth)

Culture

Seth Rogen and his dad honored by Jewish group for their contributions to Jewish culture

By Arielle Kaplan December 3, 2019 5:06 pm

Politics

Why Israel isn’t a top consideration for American Jewish voters

By Ron Kampeas December 3, 2019 3:22 pm

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Tufts to remove Sackler name from buildings and programs

Tiffany Haddish’s celebrity-filled bat mitzvah, in photos

CULTURE

Tony Shalhoub grew up in a Lebanese family in Wisconsin. He draws on that to play his Jewish ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ character.

Why Israelis feel at home on this remote Brazilian island

Gal Gadot and her husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for a US audience

Bukharian chicken and herbed rice: A fragrant one-pot meal with a generations-old recipe

In the Jewish heart of Pittsburgh, Mister Rogers was actually our neighbor

I didn’t need to marry Jewish, but I wound up with a rabbi

OPINION

This Holocaust-themed figure skating costume is just the sport’s latest to cause scandal

Leave the Holocaust out of your self-promotion, political agenda and profit-seeking

A project that helps formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews find their place in the Jewish world

Allan Gerson, lawyer who made it easier for terror victims to sue governments, dies at 74

Seth Rogen and his dad honored by Jewish group for their contributions to Jewish culture

Why Israel isn’t a top consideration for American Jewish voters

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McGill ‘Council’ Apologizes for Slur on Jewish Girls

Ethiopian Officer, Jew, Escapes After Capture by Italians

U.S. Soldiers Observe Thanksgiving in Paris Synagogue; U.S. Consul Attends Services

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