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By Talya Zax
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Culture How Jews helped inspire J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’
The Catholic author took inspiration from his own World War II-era friendship with the Jewish historian Cecil Roth
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Culture Fleishman is in trouble — but in this show, so is everyone else
One cat and two human Brooklynites live vicariously through the exploits of FX's morally bereft Upper East Side couple
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Bintel Brief Help! I don’t know how to get my slovenly roommates to clean our apartment
It’s a tale as old as Talmud: sharing a house, and fighting over how to keep it clean
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Forwarding the News We listened to Kanye West’s three-hour antisemitic rant so you don’t have to
Today: The White House blasts Trump’s comments as antisemitic; the great Dutch-Jewish boxer betrayed by a teammate during WWII; and a new honor for the first female American Jewish novelist.
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Forwarding the News Trump, Kanye and a weekend of public antisemitism + Sneak peek at Netanyahu’s new memoir
Good morning! Today: Reexamining a neo-Nazi cop’s case record; “Miss Hitler” may be released from prison; and a far-right Swedish politician gets weird about Anne Frank.
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Forwarding the News Behind the scenes: Can a play about antisemitism make up for a London theater’s antisemitism?
Today: On the streets with the “are you Jewish?” Chabad guys, parsing the media response to Kanye West’s antisemitism and a major agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
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Forwarding the News Republicans keep comparing abortion to the Holocaust + Shooting outside Rep. Lee Zeldin’s home
Today: Kanye West pivots to antisemitism, a portrait of Hitler in a 7th grade classroom and a moment of long-awaited joy for a small New Mexico Jewish community.
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Culture In London, an antisemitism scandal has sparked a play about antisemitism. Is it helping?
The Royal Court Theatre’s response to a very public drama? Even more drama.
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