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A photo of Primal Scream performing in front of an anti-Israel display.

Scottish band Primal Scream draws backlash over concert backdrop of Israeli officials with swastika-eyes

“It is meant to provoke debate, not hate,” the band said, rejecting allegations of antisemitism.

The real story of Marty Reisman, who inspired the new Timothée Chalamet movie ‘Marty Supreme’

The real-life “bad boy of ping pong” grew up Jewish on the Lower East Side.

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Dancing through Itzhak Perlman’s birthday klezmer concert was a joyous blast from my Yiddish past

A seasoned Jewish writer and Yiddish translator analyzes why “sparks flew” during the maestro’s 80th birthday celebration at the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theater.

A very New York gift guide for Hanukkah 2025

A photo of delegates standing behind a sign for the EBU headquarters.

Ireland, Spain, Netherlands announce boycott of Eurovision following failed effort to oust Israel

Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trailblazing trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88

Rare 14th-century Hebrew Bible will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s

Lewis and Booker smile next to each other.

Cory Booker has long embraced Jewish tradition. Now he has married a Jewish woman.

What Philip Roth taught me about my life as a Jewish man, despite his own imperfections

I planned the first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner. I promise I’m not too bitter about being beaten.

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