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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
Elizabeth Pryor unpacks ‘the n-word’ as a professor, a Black-Jewish woman, and the kid of the man who transformed the word forever
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Fast Forward Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award
The winner of the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize will be named this month
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Books Retracing the epic journey of the world’s oldest Jew
The book “I, Wandering Jew” takes stock of a myth that will not die
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Books Reading a Pakistani author’s 30-year-old novel helped me understand my parents’ views on intermarriage
In Bapsi Sidhwa's 'An American Brat,' the distance between New York Jews and Lahore's Parsi community is smaller than you'd think
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Looking Forward The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism
Hector Bolitho's 'Twelve Jews,' published in 1934, tried to defend Jews — in one of the strangest ways possible
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Fast Forward A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.
RF Kuang’s critics say the character "normalizes" a country they oppose
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Fast Forward A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language
Altneuland is the first non-religious Hebrew publishing house to set up outside of Israel since the state was established
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Books A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7.
In the novel ‘Partly Strong, Partly Broken,’ a rabbi tries to keep her congregants together in the weeks leading up to October 7
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward This Israeli filmmaker harshly criticizes his country. Pro-Palestinian activists boycotted him anyway
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Fast Forward Trump is imagining an Israel after Netanyahu. So are many Israelis. Netanyahu isn’t biting.
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Fast Forward Spain reports 86% rise in antisemitic incidents, as interior minister takes aim at ‘xenophobia’
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Fast Forward Cara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifetime journalist, dies at 71