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45 years after ‘Annie Hall,’ Diane Keaton remains the epitome of awkward grace and elegant imperfection

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How one trailblazing rabbi is fighting racism in the Reconstructionist movement

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Everything you need to know (which isn’t all that much) about the most lavish Jewish wedding of the year

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