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This Jewish gynecologist saved hundreds of pregnant women’s lives in Auschwitz

The true story of Dr. Gisella Perl, who provided clandestine abortions for her fellow camp prisoners, is being told in a new off-Broadway drama.

By Julia Gergely July 24, 2024 5:57 pm

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A new memoir, ‘The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,’ explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights

In her second memoir, Chef Rossi explores her very unorthodox arrival to New York City: She was sent to live with a Chabad rabbi known for reforming wayward girls.

July 8, 2024 5:20 pm

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A Bukharian comedian mines his Jewish identity in his debut standup solo show

Natan Badalov never felt comfortable growing up in “Ashkenazi spaces and American Jewish spaces.”

November 3, 2023 4:54 pm

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The radical Jewish photographers who fought injustice with their cameras

By Julia Gergely September 27, 2023 10:01 am

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Jewish drag performers inspire a history of the art form in New York

By Julia Gergely September 12, 2023 5:22 pm

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Flirting with danger: A play based on the true story of 3 Dutch women who lured Nazis to their deaths premieres in NYC

By Julia Gergely August 2, 2023 1:33 pm

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A new photo book celebrates the very Jewish cafeteria culture of a vanished New York

By Julia Gergely May 11, 2023 11:50 am

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A Brazilian, Moroccan and Israeli singer brings her unique North African sound to NYC

By Julia Gergely May 5, 2023 12:14 pm

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Did you hear the one about the Jewish comedians who set out to explain Israel?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 26, 2023 3:21 pm

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The ‘Cellino and Barnes’ jingle inspired a play. Two synagogues helped bring it back to the stage.

By Julia Gergely April 10, 2023 5:28 pm

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This Jewish gynecologist saved hundreds of pregnant women’s lives in Auschwitz

A new memoir, ‘The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,’ explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights

A Bukharian comedian mines his Jewish identity in his debut standup solo show

The radical Jewish photographers who fought injustice with their cameras

Jewish drag performers inspire a history of the art form in New York

Flirting with danger: A play based on the true story of 3 Dutch women who lured Nazis to their deaths premieres in NYC

A new photo book celebrates the very Jewish cafeteria culture of a vanished New York

A Brazilian, Moroccan and Israeli singer brings her unique North African sound to NYC

Did you hear the one about the Jewish comedians who set out to explain Israel?

The ‘Cellino and Barnes’ jingle inspired a play. Two synagogues helped bring it back to the stage.

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