Olivia Haynie is an editorial fellow at the Forward.
Olivia Haynie
By Olivia Haynie
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Culture ICE wants to treat deportations like a business – history warns us against that
Jewish social theorist Zygmunt Bauman wrote about how rationalization can dehumanize a society’s citizen
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Books The White House Seder started in a Pennsylvania basement. Its legacy lives on.
A new children’s book tells the story of how three Jewish staffers brought Passover to the White House
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Culture A truck of kosher knishes and matzo ball soup rolls into New York
Hot dogs, babka and egg rolls are all made hot-to-go in the Manischewitz Deli on Wheels
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Fast Forward Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ beaten and arrested in the West Bank now freed, activists say
According to activists and his co-director Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, who was attacked by Israeli settlers in Susya and detained by Israeli soldiers, has been released.
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Music How Janis Ian’s Jewish heritage inspired some of her greatest hits
A new documentary on the singer's life shows the relationship between her faith, her activism, and her songwriting.
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Film & TV Why indie cinemas are embracing ‘No Other Land’ — even as US distributors are staying away
Though ‘No Other Land’ has been ignored by mainstream distributors, small cinemas in the US say that screening it has been a no-brainer
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Culture BDS has denounced ‘No Other Land’ for ‘normalization’ – what does that actually mean?
The movement's statement condemning the Oscar winning documentary has stirred up confusion among the film's supporters.
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Film & TV ‘No Other Land’ just won an Oscar — how can American audiences see it?
For those hoping to see the Academy Award-winning documentary, viewing options are few and far between
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