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Historian sheds new light on a famous story about Abraham Lincoln and a New York cantor

A Jew did persuade the president to allow Jewish chaplains, but other parts of a 160-year-old legend don’t hold up.

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From Mel Brooks to Elaine May to Ethan Coen: Producer Julian Schlossberg writes memoir about working with Jewish stars over 6 decades

He even mentored a rabbi who founded the Jewish Broadcasting Service channel.

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Jewish communities embrace security staff in face of rising antisemitism

Necessity overcomes reluctance as armed guards and counter patrols become part of synagogue life.

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Kyrie Irving traded to Dallas Mavericks, whose Jewish owner Mark Cuban spoke out on antisemitism scandal

YIVO digitizes writer Chaim Grade’s archive, a Yiddish treasure with a soap opera backstory

Palestinians in a still from a movie

With ‘Let It Be Morning’ and ‘Cinema Sabaya,’ Israeli filmmakers are winning awards for portraying Palestinian stories

‘West Wing’ star Joshua Malina will join the cast of Broadway’s ‘Leopoldstadt’

Sylvester Stallone at the Rocky statue

The Jewish Sport Report: A deep dive into Jewish memory with Rocky Balboa

Paul Farber with the Rocky statue

A Jewish expert on monuments on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue can teach us about memory

A Minnesota synagogue built an ice rink — and is inaugurating it with a klezmer skate

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