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Culture Is it really so wrong to be into Nazi kink?
A new book mixes memoir and theory to consider what's tangled up in Holocaust sex scenes, and Jewish identity at large
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Music Tangled up in Boo? Bob Dylan wants this South African horror press to look at his short stories
Crystal Lake Publishing got an unexpected shout-out from the Nobel winner
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Opinion Trump wants generals like Hitler’s. Does that make him a fascist?
A historian weighs in on the rise of the F word in American politics
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Culture Sitting shiva for his wife, an overcaffeinated academic is scalded by grief
Mark Haber's 'Lesser Ruins' brews a potent mix of Montaigne's 'Essays' and electronic house music
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Culture This writer has finally forgiven Glenn Close; whether Glenn Close cares is another story
Bruce Eric Kaplan's latest tells a cautionary tale of adventures in the screen trade
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Culture The true story behind ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is a profoundly Jewish one
Andre Aciman's new memoir explores life in a constant diaspora
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Culture ‘Humans of Judaism’ tells the Jewish story, from the shtetl to Sandy Koufax to Hasidic rapper Nissim Black
The founder of the viral page calls the book a ‘family photo album’
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Film & TV Judaism is a “silent character” in Nora Ephron’s legacy
"Nora Ephron at the Movies" explores film, fashion and food. Ephron's Jewish identity? Not so much
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Fast Forward ‘Wanted’ posters at U of Rochester target Hillel director, Netanyahu’s brother and others with ‘ties’ to Israel
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