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It snowed in Gainesville, Fla., this month, an event rare enough that odds are good the rest of the winter will be nice. The city itself is nicer than most people suspect. Best known for the University of Florida’s flagship campus, Gainesville is a leafy oasis of vintage architecture, serious theater and art and tropical […]

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There are some skeletons in their closets. As in the aerodynamically sleek sleds that send athletes hurtling at fantastic speeds down a twisty, icy track — face down, head first, their chin only a few inches above the ice. Three Americans are trying to slide their way into Olympic history by representing Israel as the […]

Sheila Nevins admits that she stole the book. When the legendary documentary filmmaker and HBO executive arrived early for a program at the Museum of Jewish Heritage where she was introducing a film, she was shown to the library to wait, alone. She spotted a shelf of children’s books, and one in particular, David Adler’s […]

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