A 1939 satire critiques shtetl life — before it disappeared forever
Depictions of shtetl life — with their pogroms, close knit community and provincial ways — invite nostalgia and criticism all at once.
Schumer in for a hard time after calling out Trump’s ‘erection’
He meant to say “insurrection.”
Seth Rogen calls Ted Cruz a fascist — and something much worse
Say what you will about Ted Cruz, he is a senator uniquely enamored of — and despised by — Hollywood.
When the Forward was in the vaccine business
In April of 1947, readers of this publication flocked en masse to our building, rolled up their sleeves, and got stuck with a vaccine.
Biden cites Psalms and a songwriter of Jewish themes at inauguration
In his address, Biden cited Scripture and an operatic anthem penned by a librettist known for works based on the lives of Holocaust survivors.
Jews plead, once again: Listen to the lyrics of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’
Many questioned the song’s use in a memorial for those who died of Covid-19. Do they have a point?
What are the most (and least) Jewish inauguration speeches ever?
Quite a few presidents have betrayed an affinity for Jewish bible verses, sentiments and ideas through their inaugural speeches.
Black Jews, he says, ‘get traumatized twice.’ To cope, he painted their experience.
“The rhetoric that is in the background doesn’t just disappear. It’s not going to go away once these protests are over or once it’s died down.”
In the 1920s, a Black cantor moved the world
“He seemed to exist on the periphery of immigrant Ashkenazic life. He lived in a Jewish soundscape.”
What was Captain America doing on Trump rioters’ shirts - and what would Cap think?
“Captain America is the absolute antithesis of Donald Trump,” Kirby said. He’s not the first to suggest it.