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A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’

Jewish literature and American studies scholar Jeremy Dauber centers Jewish identity in a new biography of the director and actor.

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How Jewish comedy found religion, from Philip Roth to ‘Broad City’

A new book explores the evolution of humor from the post-World War II era to the rise of the millennials.

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How the Holocaust is remembered in the land of Anne Frank

Jazmine Contreras, a scholar of Dutch historical memory, says the country’s relationship with the past is as complex as its experience during World War II.

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What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

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A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

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An Israel analyst’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the new right-wing government

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A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past

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‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

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High Holiday prayers not working for you? Try remixing metaphors.

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A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

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