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Toy Story 5 arrives in theaters this week, the fifth chapter in a story that began 30 years ago. Asked in a recent Wall Street Journal interview what had most surprised him about the franchise, the director, Andrew Stanton, said the series endures because its makers were willing to let the characters grow up. Andy […]
History
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In the ninth century, a network of Jewish merchants was moving goods across 6,000 miles, from the markets of Spain to the ports of China. They sailed the Persian Gulf and crossed deserts by caravan, carrying silk, spices, and gems in their cargo holds and trade contracts in their packs. But they also carried letters […]
Gwyneth Paltrow is either “nasty or simply stupid” and “she needs to be cancelled.” That’s the verdict from France 24, France’s Government-owned authoritative news outlet, after the actress appeared in an ad for a new apartment building in Israel. Social media users have dubbed Paltrow, whose father was Jewish and is a longstanding supporter of the […]
Long before author and podcaster Stephen Dubner published his international bestselling book, Freakonomics, he wrote and published a lesser-known bestseller called Choosing My Religion, a deeply moving and inspiring memoir about growing up in a strictly Catholic home in upstate NY and later discovering that both of his parents were actually Jewish. During WWII, before […]
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Jamie Geller reveals what it was really like to interview the biggest celebrities in the world and produce some of the hottest shows on television, and why she walked away from it all.
