PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Film & TV Did he just say ‘shiva?’ ‘Moon Knight’ delivers its most Jewish episode yet
Spoilers ahead for the Disney+ show's fifth episode
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Film & TV In ‘The Survivor,’ Ben Foster enters the Gray Zone – but doesn’t land a knockout blow
The HBO film tells the true story of boxer Harry Haft
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Culture 8 ways to celebrate Barbra Streisand’s 80th birthday
To try and snag tickets to 'Funny Girl' or to watch 'What's Up, Doc?'
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Culture The year was 1897. Here’s what Jews were doing.
125 years ago, the Forverts entered a vibrant Jewish world
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Books A.J. Jacobs on Jews, puzzles and how Sondheim changed American crosswords forever
The 'Puzzler' author shares his Wordle insights - and his puzzle collection.
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Film & TV In ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Jimmy cries antisemitism at a country club
It was an angle he never worked - cause only Saul Goodman could.
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Culture Barry Manilow gives us harmony and Hebrew in a sometimes hammy musical
If “Memory” wasn’t already a marquee name in showtunes, Barry Manilow probably would have used the title for a song in his new musical. Now playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, “Harmony,” about the Comedian Harmonists, a sextet of German singer-comedians, is also all about memory – both history’s short recall for a popular…
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Culture Gilbert Gottfried, an iconic and inimitable comedic voice, dies at 67
Gilbert Gottfried, the onetime voice of the Aflac duck, the “Aladdin” parrot Iago and the filthiest roaster on any dais, has died at the age of 67. On the comedian’s Twitter page, Gottfried’s family announced that he had passed after a long illness. pic.twitter.com/STHhfpVSKU — Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 12, 2022 Known for his adenoidal…
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