PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Culture Jack Kirby finally gets his corner of the city that made him super
The comic book artist and writer who couldn’t wait to leave the Lower East Side is now immortalized there
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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
The Israeli show ‘Unconditional’ is more than meets the eye
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Film & TV In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son?
A Film Forum retrospective of the cartoonist and his journeyman heir brings innovation to light
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Theater Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart talk ‘Beaches’ and reviving their Yiddish musical
The songwriter and author’s friendship came courtesy of Bette Midler
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Theater A new musical wonders: What happened to solidarity with English Jews?
‘Cable Street’ arrives with a hip-hop-tinged warning from history that couldn't feel more timely
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Music Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, celebrated conductor and Yiddish Theater royalty, dies at 81
The conductor led major symphonies and championed music education
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Music Marx Brothers fans rejoice: There’s a recording of Harpo speaking
A tape of a benefit concert marks the only time the silent brother let himself be recorded speaking in performance
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Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
In 1980 the critics sparred over whose films were better — it’s an eerie watch in 2026
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