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From a ‘La La Land’ lyricist and other Broadway talent, a political Passover ‘musical’

Oscar winner Benj Pasek, Tovah Feldshuh and more stars presented an "immersive musical seder" in a room designed like a Bedouin tent.

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Why Non-Jewish Nurses Studied Yiddish in 1930s Detroit

No one blinks an eye at an American studying French, or a Frenchman studying Spanish. Non-Jews studying Yiddish, on the other hand, have always attracted a lot of attention. Maybe it has something to do with the endeavor not exactly smacking of practicality. But for a group of nurses in 1930s Detroit, studying Yiddish was […]

Steve Buscemi Plays Richard Gere’s Rabbi In This New Film

One day, a Jewish American fixer named Norman Oppenheimer and played, oddly enough, by Richard Gere, buys a jaded Israeli politician named Micha Eshel a pair of $1000 shoes after seeing him speak at a conference, in hopes of buying his way into Eshel’s inner-circle. Years later, when Eshel becomes Prime Minister, he remembers Norman, and gives […]

Did Ivanka Trump skip Easter at the White House because she’s Jewish?

The Simpsons Lead Us in Counting the (H)Omer

Science helped verify this unbelievable Holocaust escape story

Meet Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the NSC aide who reportedly leaked intel to back Trump wiretapping claims

A famed Jewish doctor survived the Titanic — and then took his own life

Maimonides on Dieting: Matzah Sucks, and Bread’s Bad, Too

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria opens up about speaking Ladino and his latest TV role

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