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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Film & TV How Oct. 7 shaped a film about Zimbabwe’s Civil War
Actor Embeth Davidtz’s directorial debut, ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,’ was filming during the Hamas attacks
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Fast Forward Did ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ inspire a New York voting law?
The so-called ‘Larry David Law’ will allow people to hand out water to thirsty voters
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Culture 100 years collecting Jewish history, 24 million artifacts and only 3 rooms to fit it in
3 exhibits at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research highlight what was lost, and what was miraculously saved
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Culture Otto Frank’s refugee file, a Rothschild Talmud and a menorah bong tell the story of the Jewish past — and future
YIVO’s centennial publication gives a glimpse of history through 100 objects
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Culture 10 things we can (probably) expect from ‘Spaceballs 2’
The sequel to Mel Brooks’ ‘Star Wars’ spoof will look like this
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Film & TV An Israeli and an Iranian step onto a judo mat — and make a thriller about a forbidden relationship
Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s ‘Tatami’ is a gripping story that mirrors its own international production
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Film & TV In a film from Israel, three characters in search of a love language
Expanded from an Oscar-nominated Israeli short, ‘Dead Language’ goes deeper into our failures to communicate
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Film & TV In unheard recordings, Andy Kaufman emerges — a kinder, gentler soul than you may expect, or hope to see
‘Andy Kaufman is Me’ cuts through some of the mystique of the controversial comic
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Culture In this Holocaust story, there are few words, no swastikas, no yellow stars — just movement, passion and empathy
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