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The author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in his office in 1980, surrounded by books and papers

Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

Iowa’s Republican governor signed the bill into law last year along with other culture-war legislation targeting transgender athletes and student pronouns in schools.

By Andrew Lapin January 2, 2024 7:31 pm

Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

The seven-time Grammy winner “found out that I was Jewish in my late 20s.”

January 2, 2024 1:38 pm

Ideas

The best Jewish books I read in 2023

Memoirs, novels and biographies that plumbed the historical and the personal.

December 31, 2023 6:45 am

A Nazi commander looks at his family's garden in the shadow of Auschwitz in a scene from "The Zone of Interest"

The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

By Andrew Lapin December 28, 2023 12:36 pm

Teen Fellowship

How students and teachers feel about AI in the Jewish classroom

By Abigail Rubinstein December 27, 2023 10:01 am

The New York Jewish Week’s 10 most-read stories of 2023

By Julia Gergely December 26, 2023 5:18 pm

Kanye West apologizes to the Jewish community — in Hebrew

By Julia Gergely December 26, 2023 2:04 pm

Bradley Cooper, Timothée Chalamet, Rudolph Hoess

What to watch on Christmas? Your Jewish guide to this winter’s biggest movies

By JTA Staff December 22, 2023 3:36 pm

9 classic Jewish New York movies you can stream right now

By Lana Schwartz December 22, 2023 1:30 pm

Author Alice Walker takes a bow onstage as a Broadway cast stands and claps behind her

A new ‘Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, returning author Alice Walker’s history of antisemitism to spotlight

By Andrew Lapin December 22, 2023 1:27 pm

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Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law

Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

The best Jewish books I read in 2023

The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

How students and teachers feel about AI in the Jewish classroom

The New York Jewish Week’s 10 most-read stories of 2023

Kanye West apologizes to the Jewish community — in Hebrew

What to watch on Christmas? Your Jewish guide to this winter’s biggest movies

9 classic Jewish New York movies you can stream right now

A new ‘Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, returning author Alice Walker’s history of antisemitism to spotlight

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