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The undeniably Ashki sounds of Miami Boys Choir have blown up on social media

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: (SEPTEMBER 11 RETROSPECTIVE) Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

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Film

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Smoked Salmon

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Bagels

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Terrorism

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Norse god – or nice Jewish boy? The surprising origins of superhero Thor

New York-based writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby were behind the famous superhero

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Norse god – or nice Jewish boy? The surprising origins of superhero Thor

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The gloriously rude Lou Reed keeps sounding better with age

Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars can be seen at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Lincoln Center until next March

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NEW YORK - CIRCA 1976: Lou Reed poses for the cover session for his album Coney Island Baby circa 1976 in New York City (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

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The Offer TV review: Entertaining drama about the making of The Godfather

A charismatic cast tells the tale of how Jewish and Italian filmmakers came together to create the cinema classic

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Paramount+ shows Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo in a scene from "The Offer,"(Nicole Wilder/Paramount+)

Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy

There are pauses long enough to pitch a tent in this production of Josh Harmon’s excellent play

By John Nathan

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BAD JEWS PRODUCTION PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE ARTS THEATRE, ON 14TH JULY 2022 - LONDON

Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

The essays in this volume may not match Singer’s fiction at its best, but they provide an invaluable supplement to our understanding of this extraordinary writer’s vision

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Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Much of the evening fizzes along in its dated, delightful way but this production would do well to follow the lead of the film version

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Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

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Students and staff at NY college pledge re-education programs for Jews to 'unlearn Zionism'

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A great episode of Jews in the city: The Celebrate Israel parade returns for the first time in three years

Thousands of Jewish pedestrians walked down the middle of New York's Fifth Avenue waving Israeli flags

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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 02: New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo marches in the Celebrate Israel Parade moments after he condemn the rise of anti semitism across the United States on June 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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How an Orthodox Jewish boys choir took over TikTok

What was the real motive for 9/11? Jew-hate

Funny Pages film review: A quirky East Coast comedy is a true diamond in the rough

New York Synagogue removes smoked salmon from kiddush citing 'environmental concerns'

'We want New York bagels, not beigels!' - Why the London bread didn't hit the spot

Jews fear copycat attacks in wake of Salman Rushdie's stabbing

Paula Radcliffe’s 'funny' run-in with Williamsburg’s Orthodox community

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