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A 35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break a Guinness World Record

The gargantuan loaf was a collaboration between Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Jewish Federations of North America and the Orthodox Union.

Norman Jewison, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ director and lifelong friend of the Jews, dies at 97

Though not Jewish himself, the filmmaker crafted one of the most beloved Jewish movies ever.

Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year nabs top Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book award

A Holocaust novel, a middle-grades story about an Orthodox girl and the publisher of the Sammy Spider series also got awards from the American Library Association.

‘Nazi Town, USA,’ a new PBS documentary, examines the 1930s heyday of Hitler’s acolytes in the US

An actor playing author Isabel Wilkerson embraces an actor playing her husband in a scene from "Origin"

‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste

Ryan Braun, Ian Kinsler, Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, Max Fried Alex Bregman

Only 2 Jewish players are in the baseball Hall of Fame. Who could join Koufax and Greenberg in Cooperstown?

How a 3-hour play about antisemitism in France became Broadway’s must-see show

‘Our Class,’ a timely play asking big questions about antisemitism, makes its New York premiere

Harvey Keitel, Jonah Hauer-King star in ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ a Holocaust love story coming to Peacock

His bar mitzvah was ‘tragic.’ 18 years later, he turned it into a drag show.

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