Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit
The handwritten manuscript of prayers and poems dates back 1,300 years and originates with Jews who lived in a Buddhist civilization in what is now Afghanistan
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Fast Forward House approves bill to study making US Jewish history museum part of the Smithsonian
Lawmakers cited increased antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment as a reason to support the proposal for the Philadelphia museum
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Culture A museum exhibit on Jewish food and humor puts the ‘borscht’ in Borscht Belt
Jewish comedy and cuisine provided an ethnic haven for Jews looking for a break from the big city
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Culture Harry Schimmelman, we know your wife didn’t die of influenza; she’s looking for you
Once upon a time, immigrant husbands would try to ditch their spouses in America. Enter the National Desertion Bureau
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Opinion Honesty about the flaws of Hollywood’s Jewish founders isn’t the same as antisemitism
Some people are outraged that a new exhibit portrays Hollywood's Jewish founders as sometimes behaving badly — which, in fact, they did
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Culture Why a museum on prewar Jewish life in Europe was envisioned for New York, but never built
YIVO’s Museum of the Homes of the Past was both too early — and too late
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Fast Forward LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures
An open letter from Jewish Hollywood workers accused the museum of trafficking in antisemitism in its new exhibit on the industry’s Jewish founders
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Film & TV How I helped bring the story of Hollywood’s Jewish founders to the Academy Museum — where it belongs
The museum's new 'Hollywoodland' exhibit offers a needed corrective for (some of) its previous oversights
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