Why the Pope didn't speak out about Naz i crimes • On their birthdays, the secret J ewish histories of Prince and Tom Jones • H ow a Jewish rebel 'disappeared' in Argentina

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Yes, Tom Jones really does have a secret Jewish history

By Seth Rogovoy

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The secret Jewish history of Prince

By Seth Rogovoy

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Yiddish Word of the Day

Grandmothers

Includes the classic Yiddish proverb: “If Grandmother had wheels, she’d be a trolleybus.”

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In Argentina, a search for a Jewish rebel who became one of the ‘disappeared’

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At this Lower East Side bookstore, customers exchange tchotchkes for pickles

By Lauren Hakimi

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