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In the catalogue of iconic American photos, we might know this one best: The sailor dipping a woman in a white nurse’s uniform to kiss her, her left arm betraying her reticence. Times Square provides the backdrop, it’s festooned with the celebration of the end of World War II upon Japan’s surrender. But the real […]

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Under what conditions, the Talmud asks, may a man beat his wife? This is an important question given that a bad wife, in the rabbis’ estimation, may be beaten. A bad wife, they say, is one who goes out with uncovered hair, spins wool with bare arms, or talks to any old man. A screamer, […]

Last month, something potentially terrible happened: Someone decided to write out a hypothetical script for an episode of Seinfeld set in the days after September 11, 2001. The sheer audacity of the move — setting some of the most callous characters in TV history in the aftermath of one of the biggest tragedies in American history […]

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