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 ‘The Patient’ is one of the most Jewish shows on television — should it have been more so?
In the FX limited series, Steve Carell says kaddish as a Jewish therapist held hostage
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Music A lost Yiddish opera complete, and in performance, at last
How a composer, librettist and historian filled in the blanks on the missing masterpiece 'Bas Sheve'
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Culture Jared Kushner’s memoir is all about forgiveness — but he’s not asking for ours
‘Breaking History’ is a hefty airbrush of the Trump administration
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Culture Is ‘Bambi’ about Jewish persecution, Zionism or something else?
The life of Felix Salten, author of “Bambi: A Life in the Woods” was marked by antisemitism
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Culture What does God think about a Texas school district banning the Bible?
Hear God’s thoughts in this exclusive interview with the almighty
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Culture Jimmy, Saul or David? How ‘Better Call Saul’ upends a biblical rivalry
Names matter in the world of “Better Call Saul” — especially the title character's
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Culture The Jewish ‘songs’ of Alain Resnais
A retrospective for the filmmaker’s 100th birthday finds a mixed, but compelling, bag of Jewish content
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Culture Is it too late now for Justin Bieber to say sorry … for doing a Nazi salute on stage?
The pop icon has some teshuva in his future
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