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Humor

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Catch the Jew!
Tuvia Tenen­bom
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Take My Spouse, Please: How to Keep Your Mar­riage Hap­py, Healthy, and Thriv­ing by Fol­low­ing the Rules of Comedy
Dani Klein Modisett
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Plus One
Christo­pher Noxon
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The Rag­ing Skil­let: The True Life Sto­ry of Chef Rossi
Chef Rossi
Essay

Bagels and Groucho

Ear­li­er this week, Judith Claire Mitchell wrote about her thoughts on auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal nov­els and her two decades liv­ing in the Mid­west as a ​“pass­ing” Jew. The author…
Judith Claire Mitchell
March 20, 2015
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I See You Made an Effort: Com­pli­ments, Indig­ni­ties, and Sur­vival Sto­ries from the Edge of 50
Annabelle Gur­witch
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How to Suc­ceed in Busi­ness with­out Real­ly Crying
Car­ol Leifer
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Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleasant?
Roz Chast
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Passover Par­o­dies: Short Plays for the Seder Table
Shoshana Hantman
Essay

Yes, Vir­ginia. There IS a Jew­ish Pres­i­dent: Jews in Politics

Ear­li­er this week, Emi­ly Stone wrote about Jews and Hol­ly­wood (have you tak­en her quiz ​“It’s True-ish, They’re Jew­ish!”?) and Jews and sports (have you tak­en her quiz…
Emi­ly Stone
February 28, 2014
Essay

Six Degrees of Kevin’s Bacon: Who’s Jew­ish in Hollywood?

Ear­li­er this week, Emi­ly Stone wrote about Jews and sports (have you tak­en her quiz ​“Ath­lete or Math­lete?”). Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the Cus­toms,…
Emi­ly Stone
February 26, 2014
Essay

Jew Need to Know: Phys Ed

Born in New Orleans and raised in Brook­lyn, Emi­ly Stone is a writer and a yoga teacher liv­ing in New York City. Her book, Did Jew Know: A Handy Primer on the…
Emi­ly Stone
February 24, 2014
Essay

Fak­ing the Big A — Attitude!

Ear­li­er this week, Tamar Caspi wrote about find­ing her Jew­ish­ness. She is an advice colum­nist for JDate and has a syn­di­cat­ed col­umn that has been pub­lished around…
Tamar Caspi
January 22, 2014
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Find­ing Gor­don Lipshitz
Shane Finkel­stein
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SLIMED! An Oral His­to­ry of Nick­elodeon’s Gold­en Age
Math­ew Klickstein
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What Nora Knew
Lin­da Yellin
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