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  • "The Falling Angel," by Marc Chagall.(Courtesy of The Jewish Museum)
    "The Falling Angel," by Marc Chagall.(Courtesy of The Jewish Museum)
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    Hey, Putin: Lay Off the Chagall

    The Jewish master is as Russian as a Big Mac

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Ice Cube Curling Centre during his tour of the Olympic venues in Sochi, on Feb. 7, 2013.(Sergei Karpukhin/AFP/Getty Images)
    Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the Ice Cube Curling Centre during his tour of the Olympic venues in Sochi, on Feb. 7, 2013.(Sergei Karpukhin/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Why We Won’t Be Covering Sochi

    Russia is eager to hide its abominable persecution of gays behind Olympic pomp. We mustn’t let it.

    byThe Editors
  • Yelena Goltsman, center, at a protest outside the Metropolitan Opera’s gala opening on Sept. 23, 2013.(Sam Spokony/Gay City News)
    Yelena Goltsman, center, at a protest outside the Metropolitan Opera’s gala opening on Sept. 23, 2013.(Sam Spokony/Gay City News)
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    How Yelena Goltsman Ended Up on the Front Lines in the Battle To Boycott the Olympics

    The Soviet Jewish émigré and the founder of an American organization for LGBT Russian-speakers says, ‘We’re all activists now’

    byMasha Udensiva-Brenner
  • Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel compete in the Pairs Short Program during day one of the ISU Nebelhorn Trophy at Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf on September 26, 2013 in Oberstdorf, Germany.(Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images)
    Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel compete in the Pairs Short Program during day one of the ISU Nebelhorn Trophy at Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf on September 26, 2013 in Oberstdorf, Germany.(Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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    The International Olympic Committee Says These Athletes Can Go to Sochi. Israel Says No.

    Are the government’s tight standards in pursuit of medals deferring qualified Jewish athletes’ sporting dreams?

    byNoah Davis
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