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Nathan Englander returns with a novel titled “Kaddish.com.” (Cover: Alfred Knopf; photo: Joshua Meier)
“Without being silly, every character, every setting, every food, every thought — the weather in my books is Jewish,” Nathan Englander says.
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Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros in West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Bregman, who turns 25 at the end of the month, has established himself as one of Major League Baseball’s top players.
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Jerry Seinfeld hanging out in the Barney Greengrass deli on New York City's Upper West Side, in the music video for Vampire Weekend's song "Sunflower." (Screenshot from YouTube)
The video for “Sunflower,” directed by Jonah Hill (née Feldstein), starts at the Zabar’s market and ends up at the deli Barney Greengrass.
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Michael R. Bloomberg: “By reducing the financial barriers to these essential fields, we can free more students to pursue careers they’re passionate about -- and enable them to serve more of the families and communities who need them the most.” (File photo)
Bloomberg plans to devote more time and money to environmental causes, including a new initiative with the Sierra Club, and continue his push for gun control.
Read MoreThe rest of the top 10, in order, are: Spain, Italy, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Singapore and Norway.
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Jaime Ray Newman and Guy Nattiv accept the Best Live Action Short Film award for "Skin" onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Other Jewish nominees failed to take home Oscar trophies — including Rachel Weisz, up for supporting actress for her work in “The Favourite,” and the Coen brothers, whose script for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” was up for best adapted screenplay.
Read MoreScott Tobias, writing in The Verge, said the Academy Awards show “will almost certainly be a fiasco of epic proportions.”
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Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub performing a scene from "The Band's Visit" at the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, June 10, 2018. The musical won 10 awards at the show. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
The New York Times reported that although the play was relatively successful on Broadway and has booked a national tour to begin in June, it failed to draw a large enough audience to sustain an “extended run.”
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Julian Edelman talks to the media at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the site of the upcoming Super Bowl LIII, Jan. 28, 2019. This will be his fifth Super Bowl appearance with the Patriots. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
“Is Julian Edelman not a Hall of Famer?” Esiason, a former NFL quarterback, asked on a Boston radio show last week. “The guy is clutch in the biggest of games.”
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A trailblazer in Jewish communal and organizational circles, Shoshana S. Cardin passed away on May 18 at age 91. (Handout photo)
In 2018, we lost Neil Simon, Anthony Bourdain, Stan Lee and many others.
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, exits federal court after his sentencing hearing in New York City, Dec. 12, 2018. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
FCI Otisville serves kosher foods such as matzah ball soup, gefilte fish and rugelach, in part because of its “proximity to New York’s sizable Jewish population.”
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