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Taika Waititi adapting anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s work is exactly what we need

Waititi has proven to be a master of the kind of storytelling Dahl had been lauded for while being just the sort of person Dahl would have demeaned or despised.

How to make pastrami gravlax and impress your friends

The truth is, gravlax is a surprisingly simple dish to make — but you will have to plan ahead.

When coronavirus comes to my New York Jewish community

Six months after moving, this family of five was in quarantine. They have no regrets — they belong to a warm, tight-knit community.

The ‘Men in Black’ and ‘Addams Family’ director wrote an extremely Jewy memoir

‘One Jewish Boy,’ an English play about a mixed-race interfaith couple, sold out shows — and ignited a storm of anti-Semitism

Man and woman standing outside the Milan Cathedral with protective masks and sanitizing gels in Milan, Italy on Feb. 23,2020 (Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

‘It’s separating families’: How the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown is affecting Italy’s Jews

Haim to perform in Jewish delis across America to promote new album

Women celebrate completing the seven-and-a-half-year cycle of Talmud study at a ceremony held by the organization Hadran in Jerusalem in January. (Screenshot from YouTube)

In the new Daf Yomi cycle, daily Talmud study is reaching new populations

Argentine soccer player makes anti-Semitic gesture during game and could be prosecuted

A man wearing a fake hooked nose and carrying a sign warning readers not to "tell the the truth about the Jew" at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Europe’s modern anti-Semitic carnivals are carrying on a centuries-old tradition

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