PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
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Culture He’s named after his grandfather Alfred Dreyfus (not that one)
How a note on a grave sparked a decadeslong friendship
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Art The Bob Ross of the Borscht Belt is finally getting a New York City show
Morris Katz’s ‘instant art’ will be on view at YIVO
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Culture RFK Jr.’s brain worm has a Talmudic history — and may be a punishment for eating pork
The candidate’s parasite calls to mind a different leader’s brain bug
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Culture The new iPad ad literally destroys art — what would philosopher Walter Benjamin think about it?
The Age of Mechanical Reproduction is upon us once more
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Culture Met Gala icons wore the designs of someone with an antisemitic — but apologetic — past
John Galliano appears to have made a major comeback on fashion’s biggest night
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Film & TV In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food
The Netflix film has the right stuff for adults not ready to grow up
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Theater Still in the Passover mood? ‘Exagoge’ is your Seder on steroids
Now at La MaMa, an immersive production draws from the oldest Jewish play
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Culture Paul Auster, who wrote himself into his bestselling work, dies at 77
Known as a chronicler of Brooklyn, Auster was born in Newark
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