PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Fast Forward A Jewish clothing brand is making Charlie Kirk yarmulkes
The $50 kippah’s proceeds will go to Jewish or pro-Israel causes
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Books How Carole King moved the earth
Author Jane Eisner on her new book about the singer-songwriter’s endurance
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Film & TV A dizzying Kafka biopic that isn’t really Kafkaesque
Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Franz’ imagines the author as a saint of modernity
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Film & TV Seeking gangsters, must speak Yiddish: Bringing the Hasidic underworld to life in ‘Caught Stealing’
Motl Didner coached Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio and Carol Kane on their Yiddish scenes
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Film & TV ‘Caught Stealing’ gives us tough, Hasidic drug lords — is it good for the Jews?
Darren Aronofsky’s nostalgic crime caper packs heat and Yiddish
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Looking Forward How a beloved TV detective embodies a central Jewish value
When a man liked my 'Columbo' hat, I realized the power of the follow-up question
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Nearly every episode in 'Long Story Short,' from the creator of 'BoJack Horseman,' revolves around a very Jewish moment
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Music Donald Trump wants to ‘try and get to heaven’ — just like Bob Dylan
The president seems to think his soul is on the line with a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire
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