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Culture

Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport

By Olivia Haynie

Books

The double life of Abraham, from freethinker to pure believer

By PJ Grisar

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Yiddish Word of the Day

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Lest we forget, it's still winter outside — here's how to talk about that in Yiddish.

Culture

May a Jewish nonprofit talk about something besides Israel and antisemitism?

By Beth Harpaz

Culture

Is the Trump administration’s website censorship the internet age version of Nazi book burning?

By Mira Fox

 

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