PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Music In 1943, an opera was composed at a concentration camp. Now, it’s a graphic novel
‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ adapts a German parable of life, death and despotism
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Culture The internet’s Kate Middleton obsession may have revealed an unsavory Jewish secret
Internet sleuths are speculating that valuable antiques owned by Prince William’s alleged girlfriend, Rose Hanbury, may have been looted by her husband’s Jewish ancestors
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Theater Hannah Arendt is a detective solving the mystery of Eichmann in a new play
‘The Banality of Evil’ adapts Arendt’s famous dispatch from Jerusalem
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Film & TV Will Aaron Taylor-Johnson make James Bond Jewish again?
The actor was reportedly offered the role of the fabled secret agent
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Theater How ‘Hester Street’ made its way to the stage
Joan Micklin Silver’s classic film debuts as a play at Theater J
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Film & TV Over 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals slam ‘blood libel’ of Jonathan Glazer Oscar speech
The open letter critiqued 'The Zone of Interest’ director linking the Holocaust to Israel’s war in Gaza
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Culture A new William Shatner documentary is more meet-and-greet than film
‘You Can Call Me Bill’ is an intimate, and often boring, discussion with a pop culture icon
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Film & TV An online comedy course asks Marc Maron, Lewis Black and more — why did Jews get into the funny business?
YIVO’s ‘Is Anything Okay?’ dives into Jewish American comedy history
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