Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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The Schmooze Thanks, Vice. But Israel’s Female Soldiers Aren’t Just Pretty Faces.
Thank goodness for Vice, purveyor of useful information. After all, if it weren’t for their recent publication of Mayan Toledano’s photographs of Israeli women in the IDF, we’d have absolutely no idea that a woman continuing to be, well, a woman while in the army was actually an act of protest. Toledano is an Israeli-born,…
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The Schmooze “War Paint” Starring Patti Lupone Nominated For Top Chicago Theater Awards
The new musical “War Paint,” which tells the story of the 20th-century makeup mavens Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein, has been nominated for five of Chicago’s Equity Jeff Awards, the region’s top theatrical awards. The musical, which closed at the Goodman Theater on August 21st, starred Christine Ebersole as Arden and Patti LuPone as Rubinstein….
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The Schmooze Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ Scouted For Broadway
Just after Paula Vogel’s new play “Indecent” premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theater in April, Vogel spoke to the Forward for a feature on the production. “Would I like this show to be on Broadway? You bet,” she said. “I would put on a sandwich board and walk the street in front of the theater…
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The Schmooze Meet The Businessman Behind Montreal’s $1,000 Shave
As a suggestion for those male politicians who have been embroiled in scandals over the cost of their haircuts – French President Francois Holland, the now-forgotten John Edwards, Bill Clinton – it might be best to avoid Montreal’s most unnecessarily luxurious men’s salon, Notorious. As The Star’s Giuseppe Valiante reported on August 28th, the shop…
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Culture The Earth Moved For Them — Did It Move For You?
The Louisville Jewish Community Center has had a garden for years, but never the staff to make the most of it. For Michael Fraade, a member of the first cohort of Hazon’s JOFEE Fellowship who is spending the year working on the JCC’s environmental programming, that garden has the potential to change the ways in…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Barbra Streisand Duets With Donald Trump, Er, Jimmy Fallon
In this election season of shame and scandal, no one provides levity quite like Barbra Streisand. The iconic songstress appeared on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a duet of the “Annie Get Your Gun” classic “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” with a special partner: Donald Trump. Ok, it was…
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Life The Forward Has a Vagenda — What’s Yours?
Frankly, it’s almost painful to remember a time when we weren’t blessed with the revolutionary concept of “Vagenda of Manocide.” For those not yet initiated, earlier this week Twitter user Matthew Foster shared a picture of a Maine gun shop’s sign, colorfully luring customers with the message below. The Vagenda of Manocide has since rampaged…
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The Schmooze Sonia Rykiel Was Every Woman’s Style Icon — Including Jews
Sonia Rykiel was hard to ignore. Some would have said that was true despite the fact that she dressed, always, in black; she knew it was because of it. The French fashion designer, famous for her chic, artistic knitwear, flattering on all ages, passed away Thursday in Paris from complications from Parkinson’s disease. Rykiel was…
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