PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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By PJ Grisar
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Film & TV Is ‘The Mandalorian’ the most Jewish sci-fi series ever?
The panel ‘Mandalorthodox’ delves into the religious and historical influences of the ‘Star Wars’ show
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Film & TV Why a 92-year-old Jewish vaudeville routine is inspiring a new trend on Twitter
‘Pay the $8’ is trending, and it sounds familiar for a reason
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Film & TV ‘Beau Is Afraid’ isn’t Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings’ — it’s way worse
Ari Aster’s horror comedy is only Jewish on the most offensive level
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Theater ‘An American Tail the Musical’ is coming — and it’s more Jewish than ever
A debut production with a book by Tony winner Itamar Moses has the Mousekowitzes saying the Shema
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Theater Topol was a spy. This demands a ‘Fiddler’ song parody.
With news that the beloved Israeli icon worked for Mossad, we wrote a musical response
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Film & TV A ‘Harry Potter’ reboot is coming — here are our unsolicited ideas for Jewish plotlines
J.K. Rowling has come under fire for, among many other things, possible antisemitic stereotypes in her books
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Art Al Jaffee’s MAD Magazine was my personal Talmud
The late comic artist continued a grand Jewish tradition of questioning
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Film & TV What would a ‘Succession’ shiva look like?
After a major character’s death on the hit HBO show, we imagined the scene at a Roy family shiva
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