PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Culture The second Yiddish Harry Potter book arrives, and J.K. Rowling is she who must not be named
A 'monumental achievement' for Yiddish literature is painful for many given Rowling’s attacks on trans people
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Culture Cub Your Enthusiasm: In RFK Jr.’s bear story, a plot worthy of Larry David — or Samson
There is a biblical — and HBO — connection to the bear in Central Park
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Culture Candace Owens has gone so conspiratorial, she’s now citing forgotten Jewish heretics
The right-wing pundit recently went on a rant about Jacob Frank
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Film & TV Babylon Berlin is famous for its attention to detail — did it get its Jewish story right?
The popular German series has religious Jews, but does it know how they practiced?
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Art In London, Jewish history is larger than life in a new mural
Leon Fenster’s 9-story tableau features Freud, the golem and Benjamin Disraeli
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Politics An astronaut, kosher Jew and Southern gentleman walk into the VP race: Ranking the Jewishness of Harris’ VP prospects
Our intrepid reporter ponders the kishka connections of the top five contenders: Josh Shapiro, Mark Kelly, Roy Cooper, J.B. Pritzker and Andy Bashear
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Politics Trump says he had God on his side — Bob Dylan knew it was never that simple
In his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump claimed a divine favor that can never be proven
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Film & TV Did Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ really make an Israeli superhero Russian?
Uproar over changes to Shira Haas' character Sabra have prompted online outrage — but are they true?
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