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In new book, historian describes the lessons learned — and ignored — from Hitler’s rise
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Must Jews be defined by trauma? Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s sharp new novel offers a surprising answer
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She was a nice Jewish mother — and an organized-crime boss
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Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint
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Why Hebrew is showing up in unexpected places — and why that matters
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Yiddish דאָס לעבן אויף דער איסט־סײַד, 1902 — באַשרײַבונגען פֿון אַ יענקיLife on the Lower East Side in 1902, from the eyes of a Yankee
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