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Jewish NFL player Greg Joseph kicks 36-yard game-winning field goal after wearing cleats declaring ‘I Stand with Israel’

Joseph wore cleats benefitting Israel’s national food bank.

Fizz ed: The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum tells the fascinating history of ‘Jewish champagne’

The interactive museum is located in New York City’s last remaining seltzer works, a fourth-generation family business that keeps a Jewish tradition alive.

‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago. The film’s Holocaust humor raised issues that linger today.

Robert Benigni’s Oscar-winning comedy, set in a concentration camp, was polarizing from the get-go.

How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment

Billy Crystal, Norman Lear and Barbra Streisand

Tributes pour in from Jewish celebs as Hollywood remembers Norman Lear

Jack, Luke and Quinn Hughes make Jewish NHL history (again)

A Jewish Democrat gave up his political career to pass New York’s abortion rights law. A new film tells his story.

Norman Lear, Jewish creator of pioneering TV comedies including ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101

Two Holocaust survivors, reunited after 80 years apart, tell their tale in a new short documentary

Stepsisters Malya Levin, Left, and Rachel Mintz unpack the world of Jewish romance novels on their podcast, Hanukkah Erotica Book Club. (Courtesy; design by Grace Yagel)

The ‘Hanukkah Erotica Book Club’ aims to connect Jews — with romance novels

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