PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
By PJ Grisar
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Culture How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights
Rossi’s memoir ‘Punk Rock Queen of the Jews’ tells a story ripe for Passover
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
Tectonic Theater Project’s ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ shows the SS enjoying life at Auschwitz
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Theater ‘Cabaret’ will wine, dine and destroy you
The immersive Broadway revival lulls you into comfort — to make your stomach turn
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Art What Houdini, Coney Island and space aliens have to do with the book of Exodus
Joel Silverstein’s ‘Brighton Beach Bible’ blends autobiography, comics and high art with the Passover story
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Film & TV In a gripping documentary, a synagogue welcomes the stranger by taking in a migrant family
‘All We Carry’ tells the story of Honduran refugees and the Jewish community who sponsored them
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Music Beyoncé’s ode to Levi’s Jeans is giving the brand a moment
Levi’s was founded in 1853 by a German-Jewish immigrant
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Film & TV In ‘Curb’ finale, Larry David defends his life — but has he learned his lesson?
Echoing the last episode of ‘Seinfeld,’ the sitcom shows it wasn’t about nothing after all
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Film & TV British cringe comedy ‘Hapless’ arrives on American shores — but is it a Jewish show?
Formerly called ‘The Jewish Enquirer,’ Gary Sinyor’s sitcom was briefly pulled from British Airways amid Israel’s war in Gaza
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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