PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
By PJ Grisar
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Culture 2025’s Jewish highlights — from ‘Marty Supreme’ to Max Fried’s menschy move
It was a whirlwind year, for Jews and the world
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Culture 26 conceivably believable pop culture predictions for 2026
Will Trump have a ballroom schvitz? Will Timmy keep his mustache? Can a Labubu defend the Jewish people?
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Film & TV King David gets the kiddie treatment
The animated film ‘David’ flattens one of the Bible’s most vivid characters
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Film & TV Rob Reiner asked the big questions. His death leaves us searching for answers.
The director and humanist was singularly inquisitive
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Culture Actor-Director Rob Reiner dies at 78
The ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and ‘Princess Bride’ filmmaker was found dead at his home
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Film & TV How the Forward got a cameo in ‘Marty Supreme’
Production designer Jack Fisk said this bit of decoration paid homage to the past, and solved a modern-day headache
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Film & TV ‘Marty Supreme’ is an outstanding celebration — and indictment — of chutzpah
Josh Safdie's period epic sees Timothée Chalamet vying for ping-pong supremacy
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Theater The Jewish playwright who inspired Tom Stoppard to write his Holocaust history
Arthur Schnitzler’s Austria was a major influence on ‘Leopoldstadt’
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