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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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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Culture Learning From The Complex Jewish Stories of FringeNYC
It’s good, it’s bad, it’s very enthusiastic: FringeNYC has been rampaging through the city since August 12th, and will close on August 28th. I’ve been exploring some of the festival’s Jewish-interest offerings, and while some have closed, here’s what I’ve learned. Gilad Shalit’s saga is still compelling Cassie M. Seinuk’s “From the Deep,” which closed…
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Culture Yes, She’s Art Spiegelman’s Daughter. Her Memoir Is Stunning.
At some point, most people I know who can see have had, and then made fun of, a conversation about whether we perceive colors in the same way. It’s a question that’s easy to dismiss, mostly because it tends to be asked in states of something other than sobriety; but it’s not a subject of…
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Culture Play Inspired By Gilad Shalit Finds Humanity In Captivity
The day after I saw Cassie M. Seinuk’s “From the Deep,” a play about the mental struggles of captivity, at NYC Fringe, I ran into Charles Linshaw, one of two actors in the play, waiting in line to see another Fringe production. Even though I knew that Linshaw, who plays the Israeli Ilan in “From…
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The Schmooze Son of Famous ‘Tevye’ Actor to Play Role on Broadway
Herschel Bernardi gained fame playing Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” a role for which he earned a 1981 Tony nomination. While his son Michael has played Sholem Aleichem’s famous milkman before, for a matinee this Wednesday he’ll step into the role on Broadway for the very first time. He’ll be wearing his father’s boots…
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