Clara Shapiro is a contributing writer for The Harvard Crimson. She is a reporting intern in the Forward’s culture and features department.
Clara Shapiro
By Clara Shapiro
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Culture A 91-year-old Jewish comedian walked into a pub — and out with my heart
Antisemitism is on the upswing. D’yan Forest isn’t daunted.
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Culture On a tour of Hasidic Brooklyn, this rabbi doesn’t have all the answers — but he knows who does
Tour guide Mayer Friedman's visitors come from Australia, St. Louis, Texas and beyond, and every one is here for a reason
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Culture 21-year-old solitary Jewish female (me) seeks human contact at ‘The Jewish Dating Game’
Some Jewish singles escaped the dating app Matrix and found love the old-fashioned way. Me, I won a pack of free aikido classes.
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Culture ‘If Yiddish isn’t safe at Brandeis, where is it safe?’
Brandeis planned to put its Yiddish program 'on hiatus' — until the Yiddish community spoke out.
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Theater Can a kinky new Yiddish musical resurrect a lost art — and one man who got spanked to death?
Mikhl Yashinsky's zesty 'Feast of the Seven Sinners' marries tradition and taboo, with R-rated consequences
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Fast Forward ‘Really devastating’: How vulnerable Jews will be affected by Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful, Bill’
Medicaid is the primary insurance provider for nearly two-thirds of U.S. nursing home residents
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Culture Comedian Josh Gondelman is hilarious, but not disgusting
In his comedy special 'Positive Reinforcement,' Gondelman tackles aging, novelty baked goods and antisemitism.
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Culture Like Jews of yore, huddled masses gather upon an island, yearning to breathe free and eat good food
On Governors Island, The Great Nosh reimagined the classics and provided a break from the tsuris
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