Malkah Bressler is the Social Media Editor of The Forward. Follow her on Twitter @malkstahb.
Malkah Bressler
By Malkah Bressler
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Culture Is Disney’s ‘WandaVision’ a story of intergenerational Holocaust trauma?
Set against a candied nostalgic concoction of the great American sitcom, “WandaVision” on Disney+ is a story of trauma, upheaval and loss. This should come as no surprise considering the origins of the show’s protagonist, the Marvel superhero Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch. Wanda, along with her twin brother Pietro, survived the…
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News Forward readers weigh in: To yarmulke or not to yarmulke?
When attorney David Schoen delivered his opening remarks at the recent impeachment trial of Donald Trump, he took a sip of water and awkwardly covered his head. Schoen, a Modern Orthodox Jew who normally wears a yarmulke, was not wearing one that day. Instead, he used his hand to cover his head to recite the…
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