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Tom Lehrer, satirist who sang about ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica,’ dies at 97

The song, commissioned by Garrison Keillor in 1990, was one of the first popular tunes about a Jewish holiday.

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Why Bard College’s orchestra performed Mendelssohn at the site of Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies

For conductor (and Bard’s president) Leon Botstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, the mission wasn’t only about the past.

A photo of Billy Porter.

Billy Porter sparks controversy while promoting his ‘Cabaret’ cast: ‘Black people have replaced the Jews’

One social media influencer accused the actor of minimizing antisemitism.

11 fascinating facts about Emma Lazarus, the Jewish writer who gave voice to the Statue of Liberty

Meet the Jewish architects who designed NYC’s iconic art deco buildings

Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960

Walter Zev Feldman sits in front of a bookcase

He kicked off the 1970s klezmer revival. Now, he’s paying tribute to New York’s vast global music scene.

Legendary ‘King of Comedy’ Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls

A group of women (Nice Jewish Girls) at a self-defense class

Meet Nice Jewish Girls, an NYC social club for Jewish women in their 20s and 30s

Actor David Corenswet wears his caped costume in the 2025 film "Superman."

Why some think the new ‘Superman’ movie is about the war in Gaza

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