PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Culture Is John Turturro our greatest non-Jewish portrayer of Jews? A list of his best (and most-problematic) performances
With the actor now taking on Philip Roth's 'Sabbath's Theater,' a look back on his Jewish filmography
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Music Taylor Swift bodyguard to enter a new ‘Era’ — in a tour with the IDF
A man is leaving his ‘dream job’ to fight for his country
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Fast Forward ‘I want $18 million’: Park Avenue Synagogue raises huge sum for support of Israel
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove inspired his flock to dig deep — and use their smartphones
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Fast Forward George Santos calls man ‘human scum’ for asking question about Gaza
The embattled congressman appears to have been holding a baby before the confrontation
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Fast Forward Kylie Jenner loses about 1 million followers after post supporting Israel
The influencer’s Instagram went from 400 to 399 million
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Film & TV ‘Fauda’ nearly predicted a terrorist invasion of Israel — the show’s creators thought it was too far-fetched
‘Fauda’ co-creator Avi Issacharoff on the Israel-Gaza war and his rescue mission with Lior Raz
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Culture ‘My heart is shattered.’ ‘The world cannot sit on the fence.’ Natalie Portman, Sarah Silverman and more react to the Israel-Gaza War
Across social media — and even onstage in Vegas — celebrities showed their support for Israel
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Film & TV This movie tells the true story of a 6-year-old Jewish boy — baptized, kidnapped and raised by the Pope
Marco Bellocchio’s 'Kidnapped' is a sumptuous, scary retelling of the Mortara Affair
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לויט אַ נײַ בוך פֿאָרשונגען האָבן טראַדיציאָנאַליסטן אין ביידע עדות געהאַלטן, אַז ייִדן מוזן אָפּהיטן זייער גערעדט לשון
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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