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Natalie Portman speaks onstage during Vulture Festival LA presented by AT&T at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on November 19, 2017 in Hollywood, California.Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Vulture Festival

Dear Readers,

Today’s news.

Tablet, from last November.

Be well,

Liel

Liel Leibovitz is editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine and the host of its weekly podcast, Rootless, and its daily Talmud podcast Take One.

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