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The 10 most influential Jewish rappers of the past 50 years

Some are household names, others are long-forgotten pioneers.

From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop

Many Jewish rappers, managers and industry executives from different backgrounds and nationalities have left their mark on hip-hop culture.

A pioneering 18th-century Sephardic silversmith’s Torah decorations to be displayed in US museums for first time

Only 11 pairs of finials by Abraham de Oliveyra are known. The Jewish Museum in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston jointly bought one of them.

Phoenix Suns will retire Amar’e Stoudemire’s number, making him 2nd Jewish ex-NBAer to net honor

Alex Edelman, the summer’s hottest comedian, finds a tough Jewish crowd at a senior home

At Chosen Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, comics lean into nuances of identity

Performing Hasidic music, these women are transcending gender and the Orthodox-liberal divide

David Corenswet is the first Jewish actor to play Superman in a blockbuster

Jamie Foxx, pictured in March 2023.(Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

In antisemitism discourse around Jamie Foxx’s ‘Jesus’ post, evidence of a ‘culture clash’

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel to headline Madison Square Garden in 2024

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