Human Interest
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Nike hired Willem Dafoe to narrate its latest commercial, which it launched to coincide with the Paris Olympics. The spot shows video clips of around 20 modern athletic superstars, including LeBron James, Kylian Mbappé, Sha'Carri Richardson, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Serena Williams, as Dafoe delivers the company's message in malevolent Green Goblin style. Am I a […]
Human Interest
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Have you ever had the feeling that you’d been led to a certain place, in a certain slice of time, to perform a certain set of actions? Actions that you’d never before considered taking, but that you suddenly feel called upon to perform? Some years ago, I took a Meyers Briggs personality test. A psychologist […]
Israeli champion Inbar Lanir recently won the Olympic silver medal in judo. But that isn’t her greatest accomplishment. Inbar started training in judo when she was only five years old. As a child, she debated between judo and ballet and almost quit the sport for the more feminine alternative. In a 2023 Instagram post, Inbar […]
Sometimes it’s hard to put into words what it’s like to be Jewish. Maybe that’s what memes are for. From being overfed by our grandmothers and celebrating Bar Mitzvahs to the scary reality of rising antisemitism, here are 10 memes that capture various moments of being Jewish. - 1 - - 2 - - 3 […]
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Discover the profound historical connection all Jews have with Israel, no matter where their families “come from.”
