Culture The Jewish musicals that Oscar Hammerstein never got to do The lyricist and playwright considered writing about dybbuks but spent more time immortalizing the life of a singing nun By Benjamin Ivry Jun 29, 2022 | 5 min read
Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website By Louis Keene Apr 16, 2024 | 3 min read
Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism. By Jacob Kornbluh Apr 16, 2024 | 3 min read
Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there By Jay Michaelson Apr 16, 2024 | 5 min read
Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian By Rob Eshman Apr 17, 2024 | 3 min read
Looking Forward If we can find the afikoman, maybe we can talk across our divides about the war By Jodi Rudoren Apr 19, 2024 | 4 min read
Music She ain’t no Dylan Thomas or Patti Smith, this ain’t her ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ but Taylor Swift certainly ain’t no ‘modern idiot’ either By Seth Rogovoy Apr 19, 2024 | 3 min read
Fast Forward US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties By Luke Tress Apr 19, 2024 | 2 min read
Opinion Celebrating Passover feels futile with hostages in Gaza. But we must. By Sruli Fruchter Apr 19, 2024 | 4 min read