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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Theater ‘Cabaret’ will wine, dine and destroy you
The immersive Broadway revival lulls you into comfort — to make your stomach turn
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Art What Houdini, Coney Island and space aliens have to do with the book of Exodus
Joel Silverstein’s ‘Brighton Beach Bible’ blends autobiography, comics and high art with the Passover story
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Film & TV In a gripping documentary, a synagogue welcomes the stranger by taking in a migrant family
‘All We Carry’ tells the story of Honduran refugees and the Jewish community who sponsored them
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Music Beyoncé’s ode to Levi’s Jeans is giving the brand a moment
Levi’s was founded in 1853 by a German-Jewish immigrant
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Film & TV In ‘Curb’ finale, Larry David defends his life — but has he learned his lesson?
Echoing the last episode of ‘Seinfeld,’ the sitcom shows it wasn’t about nothing after all
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Film & TV British cringe comedy ‘Hapless’ arrives on American shores — but is it a Jewish show?
Formerly called ‘The Jewish Enquirer,’ Gary Sinyor’s sitcom was briefly pulled from British Airways amid Israel’s war in Gaza
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Theater Zach Zucker wants to be a modern-day court jester
The comedian, with his alter ego Jack Tucker, is a nonstop entertainer
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Culture In Trump’s USA Bible, a reminder of his biggest moments with his ‘favorite book’
The 45th president has gone from real estate mogul to Bible salesman
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