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“Birthright” and “Giant” Tackle Jewish Identity

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By Emily Nussbaum
| The New Yorker Verified
Each act takes place at the suburban home of Chaya’s family: the first, “Two Jews, Three Opinions,” weeks after the trip, and the second, “A Palace in Time,” in October, 2016, around a hot tub, where the gang assembles to celebrate (and debate) Alona’s wedding to an Israeli. The final act, “Right of Return,” marks a sadder occasion, in 2024.
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The Artistry of Tarot

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By Rachel Syme Verified, Emily Nussbaum, Jane Bua Verified
| The New Yorker Verified
The first tarot cards, from fifteenth-century Italy, were, essentially, playing cards. Known as carte de trionfi, the cards formed the basis of a popular game played in Milanese courts: in addition to the fifty-two pip cards one might find in a standard set of playing cards, the tarot deck added twenty-one cards to the mix, the trionfi, or “triumphs,” which featured mystical imagery combined with scenes of daily Renaissance life.
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How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry

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By Emily Nussbaum
| The New Yorker Verified
The Welsh charmer Matthew Rhys, a RADA-trained actor who first broke out as a likable gay lawyer on the ABC family drama “Brothers and Sisters,” confirmed his status as one of the great leading men on television in 2013, when he landed the role of a gloomy, sensitive Russian spy on the FX series “The Americans.” Over six seasons, “The Americans”—a deep meditation on marriage and intimacy as well as global politics—evolved into TV’s most ambitious, wig-packed, and realistically sexy drama,...
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