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Forward In 3 centuries of Southern Jewish life in the Big Easy, no easy way to be Jewish 24 Mar
Nicholas Lemann's memoir, "Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries," explores his family's history as assimilated Jews in the American South, con...
24 Mar
Forward Roald Dahl’s monstrous views have a seat at the table today 24 Mar
The play "Giant," now on Broadway, explores an imagined confrontation between Roald Dahl and his publishers following Dahl's antisemitic comments in a 1983 r...
24 Mar
Forward Fox’s Bible story miniseries puts women front and center 18 Mar
Fox's new miniseries, "The Faithful: Women of the Bible," offers a fresh, if dramatized, perspective on biblical women, starting with Hagar, Sarah, and Abrah...
18 Mar
Forward Walter Benjamin knew what Timothée Chalamet meant about opera and ballet 9 Mar
The article explores actor Timothée Chalamet's controversial comments about the declining relevance of opera and ballet, linking them to the thoughts of phil...
9 Mar
Forward In a new opera, Tevye’s forgotten daughter takes the spotlight 6 Mar
Composer Alex Weiser and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann explore the lesser-known story of Tevye's daughter Sphrintse in their new opera, "Tevye's Daughters...
6 Mar
Forward Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Broadway opus debuts in the U.S. — nearly 80 years late 5 Mar
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's operetta, "The Silent Serenade," is finally debuting in the U.S. nearly 80 years after its European premiere, thanks to the Mannes ...
5 Mar
Forward Why Walter Benjamin was all things to all people 23 Feb
Walter Benjamin, a seminal 20th-century thinker, remains difficult to categorize due to his interdisciplinary approach and refusal to fully conform to any id...
23 Feb
Forward He may have been the world’s most famous mime, but in this play, he won't shut up 22 Feb
"Marcel on the Train" is a new play that delves into the pre-fame life of famed mime Marcel Marceau, focusing on his courageous efforts during World War II t...
22 Feb
Forward Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn’t ‘Zionist propaganda’ 20 Feb
PJ Grisar critiques the modern tendency to misinterpret Jewish references in films as Zionist propaganda, highlighting the issue with examples like the recen...
20 Feb
Forward The Jew who put Hitler on trial — and the play that stages his story 6 Feb
Hans Litten, the Jewish lawyer who famously put Hitler on the witness stand in 1931, is the focus of Douglas P. Lackey's play, "Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cros...
6 Feb