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    In Many Waters
    Ami Sands Brodoff
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    The Lit­tle Gate-Crasher
    Gabrielle Kaplan-May­er
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    The Are­na
    Rafi Kohan
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    Hot Pants in Hollywood
    Susan Sil­ver
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    We’ll Always Have Casablanca
    Noah Isen­berg
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    All the Sin­gle Ladies
    Rebecca Traister
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    Bron­të, Bey­on­cé, and the Case for Mediocre Adap­ta­tions of Great Literature

    Inter­nal Dia­logue is a Jew­ish Book Coun­cil blog series on lit­er­ary trends, ideas, and dis­cus­sions of inter­est to Jew­ish read­ers and com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­ers,…
    Nat Bern­stein
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    Steven Spiel­berg: A Life in Films
    Molly Haskell
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    Fas­ci­nat­ing: The Life of Leonard Nimoy
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    Bar­bra Streisand: Redefin­ing Beau­ty, Fem­i­nin­i­ty, and Power
    Neal Gabler
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    The 7 Best Jew­ish Moments in Amer­i­can Sit­com History

    Ear­li­er this week, Jen­nifer Keishin Arm­strong shared 6 things she learned about Jew­ish cul­ture from watch­ing Sein­feld. With the release of her book Sein­fel­dia: How…
    Jen­nifer Keishen Armstrong
    July 7, 2016
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    6 Things I Learned About Jew­ish Cul­ture from Seinfeld

    Jen­nifer Keishin Arm­strong is the author of Sein­fel­dia: How a Show About Noth­ing Changed Every­thing, out this week from Simon & Schus­ter. Jen­nifer will be…
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    July 4, 2016
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    Was Elvis Jewish?
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    Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder
    Clau­dia Kalb
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    Sein­fel­dia
    Jen­nifer Keishin Armstrong
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