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Culture

What we look at when we look at Joan Didion — how a Jewish photographer captured the essence of an American master

By Talya Zax

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Culture

The Holocaust robbed them of their stories; this artist is bringing them back to life

By Laura Hodes

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Culture

Does ‘A Christmas Carol’ have an antisemitic message or a Jewish humanist one?

By Seth Rogovoy

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Opinion

The creator of Kwanzaa modified a Hanukkah menorah — and gave advice to Black Jews

By Robin Washington

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Culture

Wait, Robinson Crusoe wasn’t Jewish — was he?

By Benjamin Ivry

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