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Opinion A Jewish comedian’s new special is about his partner’s death from COVID. It’s hilarious
'Sugar Daddy', the latest from Sam Morrison, is a raucous, raunchy and deeply moving portrayal of grief, sex and love
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Bintel Brief My friends won’t take a COVID-19 test before seeing me. Should I drop them?
Bintel says: Your hurt feelings are valid, but you need to hear their side of the story
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Bintel Brief COVID destroyed their friendship. Is it worth making amends?
Our health isn't the only thing at stake in the pandemic. Relationships have been damaged, too
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News For fear of catching COVID, some synagogue members still plan on a virtual Rosh Hashanah
‘It’s like playing Russian roulette,’ said one congregant
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News This doctor steered Hawaii through the worst of the pandemic. Now he wants to be governor
Josh Green faced down antisemites and vaccine protesters — while working weekends in an ER and keeping the public informed about COVID-19 caseloads
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Bintel Brief Am I right to resent my careless relative for giving me COVID-19?
For the first time ever, our hosts do not advise talking to said relative. Instead, talk to yourself.
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First Person Of secret hookups and chocolate ice cream: Inside the Israel teen-tour COVID hotel
When you put a bunch of bored teenagers in a small space, nothing will stop them from making out
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Fast Forward Biden has COVID. Did he get it in Israel?
Positive test comes days after fist bumps, hugs and handshakes in a country where infections are surging
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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 Three arrested in murder of rabbi in United Arab Emirates; Israel denounces ‘despicable antisemitic act’
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News Trump promised peace in the Middle East. Will his 2020 plan be the blueprint?
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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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