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Forward How Alvin Ailey’s 'Revelations' evokes Yom Kippur for me 16 Jan
Olivia Haynie explores the parallels between Alvin Ailey's renowned dance work "Revelations" and the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur. Despite the overt Chris...
16 Jan
Forward In Jordan’s pick for the Oscars, a contradictory message about ethnonationalism 14 Jan
"All That's Left of You," Jordan's Oscar entry directed by Cherien Dabis, examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a testament of generational traum...
14 Jan
Forward What’s funny about living next to a Nazi? 2 Jan
"My Neighbor Adolf," directed by Leon Prudovsky, is an unconventional narrative set in 1960s South America, where Holocaust survivor Marek Polsky suspects hi...
2 Jan
Forward We need to talk about that honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme’ 29 Dec 2025
Josh Safdie's film "Marty Supreme" follows the journey of Marty Mauser, a Jewish table tennis player in the 1950s navigating personal and cultural challenges...
29 Dec 2025
Forward Decades after her ancestor was blacklisted from Hollywood, this teenager is bringing her family’s history to light 17 Dec 2025
Simone Elias, a teenager with a passion for classic Hollywood, discovered her familial connection to the blacklisted Jewish screenwriter H.S. Kraft, inspirin...
17 Dec 2025
Forward What happens when you’re the only Jewish family in Oklahoma? 10 Dec 2025
Oklahoma Samovar, a new play by Alice Eve Cohen debuting at La MaMa’s Downstairs Theater, delves into the rarely discussed history of Jewish immigrants in th...
10 Dec 2025
Forward It’s time to reconsider what we know about Jewish birthing rituals 5 Dec 2025
The "First Light: Birth in the Jewish Tradition" exhibition at the Museum at Eldridge Street explores Jewish birthing customs, featuring works by artists lik...
5 Dec 2025
Forward In ‘The Secret Agent,’ a peek into Brazilian Jewish history — and a warning against propaganda 3 Dec 2025
The film "The Secret Agent," set in 1977 Brazil during the military dictatorship, explores themes of identity, propaganda, and historical memory. Directed by...
3 Dec 2025
Forward Why do people want ‘Zootopia 2’ to be about Israel? 2 Dec 2025
Zootopia 2's plot, centered on the expansion of climate-controlled neighborhoods and displacement of marginalized species, has led some viewers to draw paral...
2 Dec 2025
Forward With stories from Jews across the globe, this graphic anthology wants to expand how we see Jewishness 24 Nov 2025
The graphic anthology "Hyphen: Jewish Stories in Our Own Words," conceived by Julian Voloj and Fabrice Sapolsky, challenges and expands traditional notions o...
24 Nov 2025