Sheerly Avni is a writer and editor living in Mexico.
Sheerly Avni
By Sheerly Avni
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Culture For this historian, anti-Zionism is part of a hallowed Jewish tradition
In 'Citizens of the Whole World,' Benjamin Balthaser explores the buried legacy of the American Jewish Left — and why it's resurfacing now
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Film & TV The hero of the Netflix series ‘Mo’ faces struggles that might seem familiar to Sholem Aleichem
In the second and final season of his hit Netflix comedy, Mo Amer takes a bow — and a stand
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Books A Jew warned her that she might have to escape America someday
Human rights lawyer Sofia Ali-Kahn stresses the need for Jewish-Muslim solidarity in the face of rising white Christian authoritarianism
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Books How simply living as a woman can feel like a preexisting condition
Elissa Bassist's illness memoir is enraging, hysterically funny and very, very Jewish
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Culture What got lost when Oskar Schindler’s story became ‘Schindler’s List’
Editor’s Note: The director Steven Spielberg turns 75 on Dec. 18. To mark that momentous occasion, the Forward is running a series of essays reassessing his films. Read more of our “Spielberg at 75” series here. We’ve all seen this movie. Most likely, more than once. Most likely, in tears. So you already know the…
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Culture How a Jewish filmmaker chronicled an indigenous woman’s historic run for Mexican president
There are no voiceovers in the new Mexican documentary “The Spokeswoman.” No talking heads, no academic commentators, no political analysts, no institutionally accredited experts, and no directorial flourishes in the form of sweeping sound cues or flashy cuts. With very few exceptions, the only voices one hears are those of the men and the women,…
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Culture Is Nato Green The Funniest Union Organizer In America (Or Cuba)?
Nato Green is a Jewish union organizer from San Francisco — currently living in Cuba — who also happens to be one of the Bay Area’s most successful stand-up comics. He’s toured with Hari Kondalobu, Janine Brito and CNN’s W. Kamau Bell. He’s been voted best comic in the city, written for FX and he…
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Culture ‘The Insult’ Challenges BDS — And It May Just Win An Oscar
Last October, at the Venice Film Festival, Palestinian actor Kamel el Basha won the Best Actor Volpi Cup for his performance in the Ziad Doueiri film “The Insult.” Basha, a respected but low profile theater actor in his first major film role, plays Yasser, a proud Palestinian refugee in Beirut who trades insults with Tony,…
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