PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
By PJ Grisar
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Culture Was the ‘Yiddish Sherlock Holmes’ the first Jewish superhero?
Detective Max Spitzkopf, now in English translation, gave Jews of the 20th century an avenger of their own
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Art A revived Jewish Museum spotlights the story of Jewish endurance
The new core exhibition tells a global story of a people shaped by their traditions, and their neighbors
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Film & TV Ben Stiller wants you to meet his parents
In 'Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost,' the filmmaker has his L’dor V’dor moment
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Books How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children
Miriam Udel’s book tracks the development of literature made to shape a Jewish universe
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Looking Forward The Jewish way to tell a toddler about a dead dog
The passing of a beloved pet was an occasion to consider life
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Film & TV Why Alana Haim wears a Star of David in ‘One Battle After Another’
Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic is a vibrant cross section of the America that makes white nationalists mad
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Music ‘Kavalier & Clay’ could be a Jewish-American ‘Ring Cycle’ — what would Richard Wagner think of it?
The adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel traces a uniquely American mythology
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Theater Richard Linklater wants you to remember Lorenz Hart
Ethan Hawke is captivating as the tragic lyricist in ‘Blue Moon’
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