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How do you prepare for Shabbat? Maybe by kneading some challah, inviting some friends to lunch. Probably not by blacking out your windows and hiding under the bed. But on Friday afternoons in parts of Brooklyn, the vintage air raid sirens that signal the start of the Sabbath might trigger your inner Mrs. Miniver. Located in several Hasidic […]

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You probably know that Pope Francis visited Israel not long ago. While he definitely stood out from the crowd, there was one way in which be blended right in: his kippah. Or whatever that is on his head. What he’s wearing is actually called a zucchetto—that’s Italian for “small gourd.” If you’ve been wondering about it, you’re not the only […]

Shirtless men on bicycles, male bonding, gender relations, and social unrest. In Policeman, Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s newest film, opening in select theaters on June 13, a band of special operations unit policemen, led by the patriotic and driven Yaron, contend with their own fallibility and the rupturing of Israeli society. In the opening scene, five […]

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