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 Lee Grant is 97-and-a-half and just as fierce as ever
The Oscar winner, who survived the Blacklist to become a preeminent director and actor, knows the secret to her longevity
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Culture A Golem grows in Brooklyn — but do Jews need it?
Adam Mansbach’s ‘The Golem of Brooklyn’ updates a Jewish legend for the antisemitism of today
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Film & TV Spider-Man is about to dip apples in honey with The Thing
In ‘An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah,’ the webslinger and Marvel’s famous golem celebrate Rosh Hashanah
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Culture Why the Israeli ‘Euphoria’ creator couldn’t wait to go to jail
In ‘Bad Boy,’ Ron Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher tell the story of a troubled, funny teen prisoner
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Culture From ‘Star Wars’ to Madonna: 11 times shofars showed up outside shul
The instrument, while lacking in versatility, nonetheless makes the odd non-liturgical appearance
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Culture Why do conspiracy theorists love to hate Rothschilds? A Rothschild explains.
Author and conspiracy expert Mike Rothschild talks antisemitism, Elon Musk and that new fake Rothschild heir
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Film & TV Helen Mirren’s Golda is golden — but the film merely glitters
A new biopic of Israel's fourth prime minister is too busy for its own good
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Film & TV ‘Being queer is just as normal as turning 13’: Talking with the director of ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’
Director Sammi Cohen talks bat mitzvah crashing and reflecting the diversity of the Jewish world
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