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  • R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas, 1942.
    R. H. Macy and Company department store during the week before Christmas, 1942.
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    Merry Christmas, Donald Trump

    TO: America  FROM: The Jews

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Actor Who Made Dickens’s Fagin Famous Dies

    Saying ‘Cheerio, Not Goodbye,’ to Ron Moody

    bySara Ivry
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    My Ghost of Christmas Past

    Each year on Hanukkah, I remember a holiday scene from my childhood

    byAriel Chesler
  • "The Sacrifice of Isaac" by Caravaggio.(Uffizi Gallery)
    "The Sacrifice of Isaac" by Caravaggio.(Uffizi Gallery)
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    The 13 Worst Jewish Fathers in Literature, From Abraham to Mr. Portnoy

    They lie. They cheat. The treat their kids terribly. This Father’s Day, be thankful your own dad is such a mensch.

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    (Loran/Flickr)
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    A Secret Jew in Jordan

    In the Peace Corps, I hid my Jewish identity. But that didn’t prevent me from experiencing anti-Semitism.

    byJoe Freeman
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    (Ravi Joshi/Tablet Magazine)
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    The Two Fagins

    Comment of the Week

    byMarc Tracy
  • Fagin, from George Cruikshank's illustrations for Dickens's Oliver Twist.(Wikimedia Commons)
    Fagin, from George Cruikshank's illustrations for Dickens's Oliver Twist.(Wikimedia Commons)
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    Albion’s Shame

    In Trials of the Diaspora, Anthony Julius offers an encyclopedic history of English anti-Semitism

    byAdam Kirsch
  • (Oliver!: Columbia Pictures. Sleeping bag: iStockphoto.)
    (Oliver!: Columbia Pictures. Sleeping bag: iStockphoto.)
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    Having It Both Ways

    When secular and religious worlds collide, which should win?

    byMarjorie Ingall
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