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Judy Blume seen in the documentary "Judy Blume Forever."

Judy Blume is having a moment. Here’s why Jewish women love her work.

“[T]he thrill that there were any Jewish characters in her books and heroines and narrators of her stories was monumental,” said a “Sex and the City” writer.

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In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew-language author and translator

“It was important to expand the reach of the prize, and concomitantly and consequentially the reach of these books,” said the prize organization’s director.

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

Ben Platt scored an acting nomination for playing Leo Frank; Julia Lester also was recognized for “Into the Woods.”

‘Parade’ star Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume

‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman proposes to singer girlfriend Ari Dayan in Jerusalem

Disney+ series ‘A Small Light’ tells the Anne Frank story from the perspective of the woman who hid her

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is getting the next ‘Jewish Nobel,’ in prize’s return to celebrity tradition

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Harmony Manilow

Barry Manilow’s ‘Harmony,’ musical about troupe with Jewish members in Nazi Germany, is headed to Broadway

Steve Guttenberg, and his very Jewish life, take the stage for a play adaptation of his memoir

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