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News Your weekend reads: Ben & Jerry’s, Bob Dylan, and Yiddish children’s literature
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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Culture WATCH NOW: December 14: An Evening With Writer-Director Nicholas Meyer
Watch now. The legendary Oscar-nominated mastermind of “The Seven-Percent Solution,” “Time After Time,” and three classic “Star Trek” films joins Forward executive editor Adam Langer for a discussion of his illustrious career, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and his latest novel, “The Return of the Pharaoh,” which follows Sherlock Holmes on a death-defying…
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Culture WATCH NOW: December 8: The Chosen at 40: A conversation with the writer-director of the classic Jewish film
Watch the conversation here. In 1981, Jeremy Kagan wrote and directed the classic film “The Chosen,” based on Chaim Potok’s novel about two boys from very different Jewish families in 1940’s Brooklyn. To celebrate the movie’s 40th anniversary, Kagan will join the Forward’s executive editor Adam Langer for a discussion of the movie and its…
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Culture July 26-30: A Yiddish Renaissance: A Virtual Concert Celebration
This virtual concert celebration will start streaming on Monday, July 26 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT and will be available for viewing through Friday, July 30th at 2 PM ET / 11 a.m. PT. Register here. The Forward is proud to sponsor this Virtual Concert Celebrating the Revival of Yiddish in Culture,…
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News Your weekend reads: animated Anne Frank, TikTok antisemitism, how to be sad on Tisha B’av
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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Culture WATCH NOW: November 16: Fighting Antisemitism and Hate in Los Angeles
Watch now. L.A. Controller Ron Galperin will host a virtual event in collaboration with the Forward to discuss the increase of antisemitism and hate crimes in Los Angeles and how government officials and residents can come together and stop them. Featured speakers will include Rob Eshman, National Editor, the Forward; Ron Galperin, Los Angeles City…
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Culture WATCH NOW: November 11: Last Call for He’Brew Beer
Watch here. After 25 years, He’Brew beer is closing the tap Join Jeremy Cowan, the founder of the world’s only Jewish beer, and Forward National Editor Rob Eshman as we raise a glass to Shmaltz Brewing and talk about the life and legacy of “The Chosen Ale.” What did it take to make a great,…
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Culture WATCH NOW: November 10: Ballad for Two Friends: How Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan built a tower of song
Watch now. Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen were huge fans of each other — and the influence cut both ways. One a Jew from Montreal, the other from Minnesota, the two men personified an offbeat style of cool, and, with unmistakable voices, sang some of the 20th century’s greatest poetry. In this conversation we shine…
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