‘A Serious Man’ came out 10 years ago. Here’s what real rabbis think of the Coen brothers film.

(JTA) — It’s well known that the celebrated filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen come from a Jewish family in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. They’ve included Jewish characters in their films throughout their long career, from the titular one in “Barton Fink” to the bookie Bernie Bernbaum in “Miller’s Crossing” to perhaps the most famous Jewish […]

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Why I let my daughter get a nose job

This story originally appeared on Kveller. Last month, when my teenage daughter, Elana, told me she had something important to discuss, I assumed she wanted something any typical suburban teen might want: a later curfew or a new iPhone. Instead, to my horror, she told me she wanted a nose job. She said she’d felt […]

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