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Idea of the Day: Forget demographics

Instead of investing time and money in trying to make the Jewish people more numerous, let’s focus on quality, writes Ben Bernstein of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Polish Catholic Brothers and a Village’s Unsavory Past

The past might never be dead, but just how deeply can it be buried? That’s the question brothers Franek and Jozek grapple with as they uncover the secrets of their rural Polish village 60 years after World War II, in Władysław Pasikowski‘s controversial film Pokłosie (Aftermath). Franek returns to Poland from Chicago when he learns that his brother […]

Woody Allen, Larry David, Joan Rivers and more: The best and worst Halloween costumes of 2013

Halloween is just a few days away, which means this past weekend was packed with parties, which means swarms of costumed celebs, which means an onslaught of awesome photos. How, you must be wondering, will you ever begin to process the alternately hilarious, ironic, revealing, super creative, or boring get-ups worn by your favorite (Jewish) […]

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Culture

Idea of the Day: Forget demographics

Polish Catholic Brothers and a Village’s Unsavory Past

Woody Allen, Larry David, Joan Rivers and more: The best and worst Halloween costumes of 2013

At Kosherfest, a 40-pound chicken nugget and a Conservative hechsher

Elsewhere: Skipping church and shul, Boston organ minder, Learning from Lou Reed

Watch: Lou Reed doing his part at a Seder

Paula Abdul to have bat mitzvah at the Kotel

Idea of the Day: Enough leaders, we need followers

Free Jewish preschool — sounds nice, but is it viable?

En Garde, Society!: Eugene Mirman and the comedy of the absurd

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