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Forward Arnold Rothstein did fix the World Series and other Jewish facts from a historian of baseball and New York 21 Oct
Kevin Baker's book, "The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City," delves into the intertwined history of New York City's rise and the evolution o...
21 Oct
Forward ‘Humans of Judaism’ tells the Jewish story, from the shtetl to Sandy Koufax to Hasidic rapper Nissim Black 21 Oct
Nikki Schreiber, creator of the "Humans of Judaism" Instagram page, expands her digital storytelling into a new book filled with Jewish narratives from vario...
21 Oct
Forward Ex-hasidic, trans and brutally honest, Lili Rosen invites you to her ‘Second Circumcision’ 17 Oct
Lili Rosen's one-woman play, "The Second Circumcision of Lili Rosen," vividly portrays her journey of gender transition and her complex relationship with her...
17 Oct
Forward Rufus Wainwright called Trump out for using ‘Hallelujah’ — and showed he doesn’t know what the song means either 16 Oct
Rufus Wainwright and Donald Trump are at odds over the use of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which Trump played at a campaign rally. Despite Wainwright's crit...
16 Oct
Forward Columbus may have had Jewish heritage — that doesn’t mean he was Jewish 14 Oct
Recent DNA evidence from a Spanish documentary suggests Christopher Columbus may have Sephardic Jewish ancestry, reviving debates about this controversial hi...
14 Oct
Forward Will Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally resemble a fascist one from 1939? 10 Oct
Donald Trump is slated to hold a rally at Madison Square Garden, sparking comparisons to the notorious 1939 Nazi German-American Bund rally at the same venue...
10 Oct
Forward How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic 5 Oct
Canadian director Philippe Lesage's film "Who by Fire," featured in the New York Film Festival, draws inspiration from Leonard Cohen's song of the same name,...
5 Oct
Forward 'Megalopolis' and 'The Brutalist' build on Ayn Rand's 'Fountainhead,' then blow up her ideas 30 Sep
Brady Corbet's film "The Brutalist" and Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" serve as cinematic critiques of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, contesting the notion th...
30 Sep
Forward You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say 'tuchus' on Amazon 26 Sep
An Amazon seller unintentionally caused laughter among Jewish communities by selling Sukkot gift boxes that mistakenly read "tuchus" due to reversed Hebrew t...
26 Sep
Forward In an Eldridge Street mosaic, a reminder of a great Jewish artist 24 Sep
Mark Podwal's recently unveiled Jewish Zodiac mosaic at the Museum at Eldridge Street serves as a vibrant testament to his artistic legacy, blending whimsy, ...
24 Sep