PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Film & TV What if Oscar voters pick Bradley Cooper’s nose?
Now that the nominees are out, it’s time to once more consider the controversial prosthetic
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Film & TV How a self-proclaimed ‘goy’ named Norman Jewison made one of the most Jewish movies ever
Jewison, who died at 97, made ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ a big-screen phenomenon
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Film & TV Why America was an easy mark for Nazi ideas
‘Nazi Town, USA’ explores how Nazi organizations flourished in the years before World War II
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Film & TV In ‘Delegation,’ Auschwitz and Majdanek provide the the backdrop for a mumblecore teen heritage tour
Asaf Saban’s film is an uneven look at Israeli high schoolers and the Holocaust
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Film & TV Have we finally discovered the real reason for Spinoza’s excommunication?
A documentary details how controversial ideas about God, Mosaic law and finances all may have played a role in the philosopher’s exile
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Film & TV ‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp says he’s been ‘misconstrued’ on Israel
Noah Schnapp, who drew outrage for appearing with a sticker saying ‘Zionism is sexy,’ hopes for coexistence
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Film & TV In ‘Vishniac,’ a portrait of a scientist, a fabulist and a chronicler of a disappearing world
Laura Bialis’ documentary shares the work and life of a photographer who captured Jewish Europe before the Holocaust
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Film & TV What does ‘The Curse’ finale mean? We asked ‘Moses’ to find out
The surprise star of the Showtime series’ final episode speaks
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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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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