Teri Zucker is the copy editor of the Forward. She joined the staff in 2004, having served in similar capacities, and written short columns and features, for Soap Opera Digest and for the newsletter division of American Lawyer Media. Her creative nonfiction works have been published on such Web sites as The Poet’s Haven, Absolute Write and Outcry Magazine. A graduate of CUNY’s Brooklyn College, she contributed to the school’s literary magazine, Riverrun.
Teri Zucker
By Teri Zucker
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Film & TV On Disney Channel’s ‘Andi Mack,’ Yet Another Jewish Story
“Andi Mack” was not on TV last Friday, so my evening was not as enjoyable as it usually was. Almost a year ago, I wrote about how I am a lover of shows on Disney Channel. Some people might find this odd, as I am a childless, middle-aged adult who is not a teacher. However,…
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The Schmooze Disney Channel’s ‘Andi Mack’ Knows How To Do Judaism
I want to start a Facebook page — SCALD: Single, Childless Adults Loving Disney — hoping I will find someone in my age range (50s) who is as into the Disney Channel as I am. I could probably sing the entire theme songs of its current shows and those that have been popular since the…
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Film & TV When ‘All In The Family’ Took On The ‘Alt-Right’
‘All in the Family,” which ran from 1971 to 1979, may soon be rebooted. The show’s creator, 94-year-old Norman Lear, is in talks with Sony Pictures Television to bring back not only this show, but also a few other popular Lear sitcoms. The plan is to take actual scripts from the shows and remake them…
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Opinion Tattoos Try — and Fail — To Reclaim the Swastika
I’ve always wanted to visit Nashville, Tenn. On my recent trip there, I had every bit as much fun as I suspected I would. But I also saw something that made me gasp out loud. Downtown, I stumbled upon a tattoo shop. Being a person with tattoos (controversially, a Jew with tattoos), I decided to…
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The Schmooze The Girl With the Sondheim Tattoo
My first tattoo, summer of 2010: Woodstock (not the festival, the little yellow bird from the Peanuts) sitting on a unicorn, both characters wishing on a star. It reflects the childlike innocence I hope to maintain. After I got it, I began to understand why people always say they “crave” ink: By the middle of…
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