Benjamin Ivry is a frequent Forward contributor.
Benjamin Ivry
By Benjamin Ivry
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Theater How the most influential Jewish play of the 20th century went on to possess the world
For 100 years, 'The Dybbuk' has had the demonic power of mesmerizing and galvanizing audiences
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Culture Of course remembering is a quintessential Jewish trait, but let’s not forget about forgetting
In 'Fractured Tablets,' Mira Balberg examines the Mishnah and finds a more forgiving nature in Jewish law
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Books How a quintessentially Yiddish sensibility created a thoroughly modern Don Quixote
Edith Grossman, translator of Cervantes, García Márquez and Vargas Llosa, has died at 87
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Culture One of the most important Jewish artists of his generation was born 100 years ago — can you recognize him?
He was a World War II hero and the consummate practitioner of his art, but out of costume, he may not look familiar
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Culture She survived the Holocaust in Lublin and became a scholar and symbol of Jewish resilience and resistance
Nechama Tec's history of Jewish partisans in Belarus inspired the 2008 film 'Defiance'
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Culture How a scandalous Jewish no-goodnik captured the imagination of the world
For more than a century, audiences have thrilled to the temptations of Salome and 'Salomania'
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Culture She wrote ‘Gigi’ and inspired a Keira Knightley movie — was she also a Nazi collaborator?
To save her husband from the Nazis, did Colette become one?
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Books How Milan Kundera embodied the Jewish spirit
The author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' praised Jews for keeping faith with cosmopolitanism
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