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Horror director Ari Aster calls his new movie ‘Beau Is Afraid’ a ‘Jewish Lord of the Rings’

“For me, the film is like a big Jewish comedy,” he said in an interview about the difficult-to-categorize epic starring Joaquin Phoenix.

A 1990s Israeli play is the feminist production NY needs right now

Anat Gov’s 1999 hit “Best Friends” is being performed in Hebrew and English in alternating productions, and its themes still ring true today.

Ron DeSantis is heading to Jerusalem to talk about ‘unnecessarily strained relations’ between the US and Israel

“Florida serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli people,” DeSantis said in announcing his decision to speak at a conference in Israel next month. The announcement comes as DeSantis mulls a presidential campaign.

Israel

Biden says Israel ‘cannot continue down this road,’ says he won’t invite Netanyahu soon

Global

Greece arrests 2 men suspected of planning attacks on Jewish sites in Athens

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks about the Jewish Security Alliance, which was announced at the organization's investigative research lab in Manhattan on Tuesday. (Photo Credit: Jacob Henry)

New York

Leading Jewish security organizations form super group called the ‘Jewish Security Alliance’

Politics

A chaotic response to Israel’s turmoil reveals a fraught new dilemma for Jewish legacy organizations

New York

New Yorkers protesting Israel’s government say they’ll keep up the fight for the country’s democracy

Religion

US ambassador: Biden will host Netanyahu after Passover, but no date set yet

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