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The way ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ handles mental illness makes it a heartwarming and relevant watch during quarantine

The fun musical show shines light on a dark issue that most others fail to capture well.

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Our synagogues’ names are on the Charlotte monument of Judah Benjamin. It’s time to take it down.

The monument does not belong in a place of prominence within our city, the leaders of two Charlotte synagogues write.

A famed Hollywood screenwriter has previously backed up Winona Ryder’s claim that Mel Gibson called Jews ‘oven dodgers’

Los Angeles Magazine revisited a 2019 interview in which “Basic Instinct” screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells a long story about Gibson’s alleged anti-Semitism involving a Maccabee movie project.

Haim releases 3rd album to critical acclaim and streams concert live from Canter’s deli

Charlotte synagogues call for removal of memorial for Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy’s most prominent Jew

Chabad says 100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

Allen Fagin, head of the Orthodox Union, reflects on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life

House Democrats overwhelmingly sign letter to Israel warning about annexation

Trump administration meetings on whether to back annexation end without a conclusion

Israel program Masa cuts grants for yeshiva and seminary programs

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