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Teen Fellowship

These NY Jewish teens are aiding young refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan

Volunteers at the Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration help ease the pain of displacement for students who fled the war back home.

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Horror director Ari Aster calls his new movie ‘Beau Is Afraid’ a ‘Jewish Lord of the Rings’

“For me, the film is like a big Jewish comedy,” he said in an interview about the difficult-to-categorize epic starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Best Friends play

A 1990s Israeli play is the feminist production NY needs right now

Anat Gov’s 1999 hit “Best Friends” is being performed in Hebrew and English in alternating productions, and its themes still ring true today.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie novels edited by HarperCollins to remove offensive references to Jews

Ben Stiller satirizes Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ at Mark Twain Prize ceremony

The battle for Jewish hearts and minds returns to the printed page

Kanye West

Kanye West: ‘Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again’

This Jewish studies professor won $60,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’ — despite missing out on a question about Yom Kippur

A scene from "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz," a 1955 film showing at the festival. (Screenshot)

How an encounter with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival

Baseball collage

All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2023

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