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Reviewed in this article: New York: 1962-1964 (The Jewish Museum, July 22-January 8) Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (Directed by Maya…

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Avi Schick The Supreme Court’s most recent term ended with a bang, delivering historic decisions about the establishment and free exercise of religion…

Aug 16

The $65 Akkadian dictionary, in hindsight, was a mistake. It was an impulse buy at the Yeshiva University annual book sale 13 years ago, and I ended up…

Aug 15

Finding the lines between harassment, entertainment, and suicide on the infamous internet forum

Aug 11

The internet’s most famous character stands accused of an unspeakable crime

Aug 9

How I spent six years trapped in the cult of climate alarmism

Aug 3

A generation of female Prufrocks fret whether they dare disturb the universe by eating a peach

Aug 2

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