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 A Year After The Tree Of Life Shooting, Pictures Of Survivors Urge Pittsburgh To Remember
On October 17, 60 oversized images of Holocaust survivors appeared alongside walking paths in and around the University of Pittsburgh campus. The images, eight-by-five-foot photographs printed on weatherproof canvas, are part of Luigi Toscano’s exhibition “Lest We Forget,” an effort the German-Italian artist began in 2014. That year, Toscano set out to interview survivors and…
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Culture Iran Banned From Judo Competition Unless It Agrees To Fight Israel
Iran’s refusal to face Israeli judo competitors cost the country its chance to compete with the sport’s official federation. On Tuesday, the International Judo Federation (IJF) barred the Islamic republic following a provisional ban issued last month. The initial ban resulted from an investigation into athlete, Saeid Mollaei, said to have thrown an August 28…
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Culture Why In The World Is Mike Pompeo Referencing Bob Dylan?
While speaking to the Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club today , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo let the world know he is a Bob Dylan fan — although maybe not the kind who listens for the lyrics. “It’s great to be here,” Pompeo said, expressing relief to be among the members of a conservative think tank…
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Culture Did Trump Just Give A Jewish Astronaut The Finger?
Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir was busy walking outside of the International Space Station Friday afternoon as part of the first all-female spacewalk, but that didn’t stop her from giving President Trump a live fact check. Some believe the commander in chief’s response was a good old fashioned one-finger salute. “We’re thrilled to be speaking live…
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Culture ‘Oklahoma!’ Is The Go-To Score For HBO’s ‘Watchmen’
The new HBO series “Watchmen” is a puzzling property from the get-go. While it shares the universe with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s 1986 graphic novel of the same name, it would appear to not need its spandex trappings. The show’s ideas, as presented in the pilot episode, are sturdy enough to stand on their…
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Culture On Mars, A Jewish Quest For Life — And A Crater’s Tragic History
The discovery of life on Mars has been the stuff of scientific hope and speculative fascination for generations. Edgar Rice Burroughs put John Carter there, Ray Bradbury spun fantastic tales from the imagined landscapes of its dusty soil and, in 1976, NASA landed its two Viking spacecrafts on the Red Planet, making them the first…
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Fast Forward Did Posting Pompeo’s ‘Christian’ Speech Muddy Line Between Church And State?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech, “Being a Christian Leader,” delivered to the American Association of Christian Counselors, appeared to go over well in the room. Video from the event, recorded October 11 in Nashville, showed the secretary stopping several times to field applause. Pompeo quoted scripture, said he keeps a bible at his desk…
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Culture Will This Astronaut Be The First Woman (And First Jew) To Walk On The Moon?
On October 18, the first all-female spacewalk in history will take place about 240 miles from Earth. One of the women walking is a member of the tribe – and may turn out to be the first woman (and first Jew) to walk on the moon. NASA tweeted on Monday that astronauts Christina Koch and…
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