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Nathan Fielder’s HBO show ‘The Rehearsal’ offers an unusual portrayal of interfaith parenting gone wrong

Is Nathan Fielder trying to be God, Judah Maccabee, Queen Esther or just a maniacal artist? Episode 5 suggests that all might be true.

10 Jewish baseball players from history who you may not know (but should)

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GLOBAL

Bisera Turkovic.

Global

Leaked memo shows Israeli support for law that keeps Jews out of leadership in Bosnia

Ankie Spitzer

Global

Israeli families of Munich Olympics massacre victims to boycott German ceremony marking 50th anniversary

Religion

Canadian cardinal with Jewish ancestry honors Jewish-born nun and saint who was murdered at Auschwitz

New York

Jewish issues spotlighted at NY-12 House debate with Nadler, Maloney and up-and-comer Patel

By Jacob Henry August 11, 2022 11:04 am

Trump raid antisemitism

Politics

The judge who signed the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago warrant is facing violent antisemitic threats

By Madeline Fixler August 10, 2022 6:33 pm

United States

Amy Spitalnick will go from fighting Charlottesville neo-Nazis to leading Bend the Arc

By Andrew Lapin August 10, 2022 2:23 pm

CULTURE

Culture

We spoke to Miriam, the Hebrew tutor Nathan Fielder hired for his fake family on HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’

Hitler marionette.

Culture

Once buried in Europe, a Hitler puppet stashed in Frank Oz’s Oakland attic tells his family’s Holocaust story

Jessica Kirson Comedian

New York

Comedian Jessica Kirson is ‘constantly complaining’ her way to Jewish comedy royalty

Hochul Holocaust Education

New York

New NY Holocaust legislation bolsters education, looted art and reparations issues

By Jacob Henry August 10, 2022 1:43 pm

New York Nosh New York

This Jewish entrepreneur wants Syrian string cheese to become an American staple

By Rachel Ringler August 10, 2022 11:40 am

Politics

Vermont state senator whose grandfather died in Holocaust wins congressional primary

By Andrew Lapin August 10, 2022 7:33 am

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Politics

Ilhan Omar, one of Israel’s fiercest critics in Congress, ekes out primary victory in Minnesota

By Andrew Lapin August 10, 2022 7:11 am

Elizabeth Holtzman Baby

New York

Once a trailblazer, Jewish candidate Liz Holtzman, 80, hopes to make a comeback in Congress

By Jacob Henry August 9, 2022 5:34 pm

Religion

Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ to study religious text — and drink beer

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 9, 2022 3:53 pm

From the Archives

1972

Archive

Murder, Terror at Olympic Games: Arab Terrorists Continue to Hold 10 Israeli Hostages, Two Killed

2007

Gilad Shalit

Archive

With Shalit on Table, Israel Weighs Ceasefire with Hamas

1992

Archive

Jews Evacuated from Sarajevo in Wake of Fighting in Bosnia

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