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 Stephen Colbert Celebrates Hillary Clinton with ‘Broad City’ Stars
Last night, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept the nomination of a major party for President, and Stephen Colbert thought there were two people who’d be especially grateful to hear it: Josephine Henley and Abitha Whitmore, female delegates to the Second Continental Congress. And who better to play them than Ilana Glazer and…
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Culture How ‘Golem’ Appropriated a Jewish Myth for the Smartphone Era
I was excited for the London theater company 1927’s new play “Golem,” written and directed by Suzanne Andrade, which plays at the Lincoln Center Festival through July 31st. Really, I was. From Pete Hamill’s “Snow in August” to Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,” every representation of the golem – in Jewish…
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The Schmooze Lincon Center’s ‘Oslo’ Moving to Broadway in Spring
Lincoln Center Theater’s “Oslo,” a drama written by J.T. Rogers about the behind-the-scenes role of a Norwegian couple in organizing the talks between Israelis and Palestinians that led to the Oslo accords, will receive a Broadway transfer next year. It won’t have far to go; currently running through August 28th at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E….
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The Schmooze Deborah Levy’s ‘Hot Milk’ on Man Booker Prize Longlist
The British Jewish writer Deborah Levy’s novel “Hot Milk,” is among the thirteen books on the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize, announced earlier today. “Hot Milk” tells the story of a Sofia, a half-English, half-Greek student in London, and her mother, Rose. In a July 10th review of the book in the New…
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Culture Hillary Clinton’s Chief Strategist Has a Surprisingly Theatrical Jewish Past
Something theatrical is afoot in the Jewish wing of the Democratic party. In March, we learned that Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland — in case you’ve missed the breaking news, he’s still waiting for the Senate to acknowledge his existence — had tried his hand at theater reviewing while he was a student at Harvard….
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders to Publish Post-Election Book
For those concerned that the progressive movement built by Bernie Sanders might lose steam in the wake of his endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president, take heart: the vociferous Vermontian is planning on keeping the movement going by hook, crook, or, well, book. Thomas Dunne publishers, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press, announced on Thursday…
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The Schmooze Jewish Authors On Longlist for First Novel Award
Some soon-to-be-familiar Jewish names cropped up on the Center for Fiction’s Longlist for its 2016 First Novel Prize, announced on Tuesday. The $10,000 prize, whose previous recipients include Junot Díaz for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” and Marisha Pessl for “Special Topics in Calamity Physics,” is awarded to a book published between January…
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Culture 9 Jewish Facts About the Planet Jupiter
To the delight of space geeks worldwide, NASA’s spacecraft Juno has sent back its first images from Jupiter. While there’s a vaguely amusing linguistic case to be made that the planet’s name makes it the most Jewish of the spheres, here are some slightly less nebulous – space pun unavoidable – reasons to celebrate “Jew”-piter….
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