Culture

The real Jewish history of Lt. Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, heroic pilot in Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’

Series creator John Orloff called Rosenthal “one of the most amazing human beings I have ever had the honor to write about.”

Now riding the subway: A poem by Ukrainian Jewish poet Ilya Kaminsky

“Lullaby” by the well-known poet is riding the rails as part of the MTA’s “Poetry in Motion” series.

What to know about the fiery Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech criticizing Israel

Reactions to the speech point to a deeper division within the Jewish community, which has only grown since Oct. 7, over when and how to link the Holocaust to Israel.

Music video for ‘Hurricane,’ Israel’s Eurovision entry, released after changes that tone down references to Oct. 7

A Cooper Union art student’s paintings recall her Israeli family’s roots in a community shattered on Oct. 7

Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay that co-publisher called an ‘apologia for Zionism’

In Oscars speech, ‘Zone of Interest’ director Jonathan Glazer denounces ‘occupation’ and ‘dehumanization’ in Israel and Gaza

How Israeli hostages in Gaza wound up on display outside an Academy Awards afterparty

English readers get their first taste of Maya Arad, ‘the finest living author writing in Hebrew’

People walking into a church with a Torah

A synagogue bomb threat is dramatized in an Oscars ad by Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism

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