Hollywood museum erases Jews • A Tree of Life survivor opposes death penalty for s hooter • In Texas and everywhere, we should not be afraid to talk about abortion

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Jews built Hollywood. So why is their history erased from the Academy’s new museum?

By Sharon Rosen Leib

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News

As Biden asks Supreme Court to block Texas law, we should not be afraid to tell our abortion stories. Here’s mine.

By Jodi Rudoren

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Opinion

My husband survived the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. Pursuing the death penalty for the shooter would make things worse

By Beth Kissileff

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FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

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Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust

Senate candidate Herschel Walker cancels fundraiser over host’s anti-vax swastika profile picture

Yiddish Word of the Day

Eating and Overeating

Learn how you describe someone who eats too much as well as the Yiddish term for a sweet tooth.

Opinion

‘I made the choice’: 9 readers share their (Jewish) abortion stories

By Jodi Rudoren

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Opinion

Sally Rooney’s translation debacle is a political stunt that misses the plot

By Cary Nelson

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