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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Books Roald Dahl said terrible things — but rarely in his children’s books
The author’s work is undergoing a reported rewrite for inclusion. It’s his antisemitism that ought to be examined.
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Fast Forward Richard Belzer, comedian and Jewish TV cop for all seasons, dies at 78
Belzer played the character of John Munch in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street,’ ‘The X-Files’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU’
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Culture On ‘Seinfeld,’ Raquel Welch wasn’t afraid to make fun of herself
The sex symbol had one of the sitcom’s more memorable cameos
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Music How one of the giants of jazz composed a hymn for Black-Jewish unity
Dave Brubeck's 1969 opus ‘Gates of Justice’ is on its way to UCLA
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Culture All the Jew(ish) Super Bowl 2023 ads
Between Ma&Ya's and the Snapchat commercial, it was all a bit much
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Film & TV You want it darker? Marc Maron’s game.
In his HBO special ‘From Bleak to Dark,’ the comic talks grief, Jewishness and the apocalypse
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Film & TV ‘South Park’ delivers a strong satire of Kanye West’s antisemitism
The season 26 premiere pokes fun at Jews controlling Hollywood
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Culture Pop hitmaker Burt Bacharach dies at 94
His songs defined the '60s, and our memory of them
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