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Culture This Jewish philosopher should win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Martha Nussbaum's philosophy has forcefully argued for the importance of the humanities in a world that shrugs at art
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Fast Forward Jewish writers, Bible stories and Holocaust history are on new list of every banned book in the US
3 Jewish writers are among 10 most-banned authors on PEN America report documenting 33% increase in book bans
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Fast Forward Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students
The teacher read a passage with sexual content from an oft-contested graphic adaptation of the Holocaust diary, which uses Frank’s words
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Culture Why Jews should pay close attention to book banning and bomb threats against libraries
Threats against libraries across America recall a harrowing antisemitic history
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News Elon Musk doubted biblical miracles but loves Mel Brooks
Walter Isaacson's doorstopper biography reveals a skeptical Musk who likes Jewish humor
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Culture A Jewish writer confronts the other 9/11, and urges us to never forget it
Ariel Dorfman's 'Suicide Museum' investigates the day in 1973 when Chilean president Salvador Allende died during a bloody coup
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Opinion A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship
The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Culture Who’s afraid of Naomi Wolf? Naomi Klein’s newest book takes on her doppelganger
Naomi Wolf and Naomi Klein are opposites, yet often confused; their case of mistaken identity — and Israel — is behind Klein's new book
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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