Opinion | The Israeli government failed but it wasn't a failure • What Susan Silve rman thinks about her sister Sarah's new musi cal • On Brian Wilson's 80th, the secret Je wish history of the Beach Boys

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Opinion

Watching the Sarah Silverman musical with my friend, Susan — her sister

By Jodi Rudoren

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Culture

The secret Jewish history of the Beach Boys

By Seth Rogovoy

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FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Bennett, Lapid agree on dissolving Knesset; Israel heads for fifth election in three years

Belgian lawmakers scrap bill to ban kosher, halal slaughter in Brussels

Progressive rabbis demonstrated for workers’ rights — and a Hasidic-owned company listened

Michigan pension fund sues Ben & Jerry’s owner over ice cream maker’s Israel policy

Yiddish Word of the Day

Parts of the Face

There's more to it than just the 'ponim.'

Culture

No, we shouldn’t waste time fretting about Billy Crystal’s Yiddish scat routine

By Jordan Gelber

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Culture

A giant of acting forever changed by the German occupation of his homeland

By Benjamin Ivry

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