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 How the Littlest Vaudeville Act Survived Josef Mengele’s Lab
When Gaby FeBland was looking through the résumés of actors she was casting in her play, “The Lilliput Troupe,” she was astonished by what she saw. “[These actors], for a lot of them this is the first time they’ve played individuals,” FeBland said. “You had such talented actors audition, and their résumés would just say…
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The Schmooze Jewish Rap Manager Sues ‘Straight Outta Compton’ for $110 Million
“Straight Outta Compton,” the musical biopic about boundary-breaking rap group N.W.A., cleaned up at box offices this summer — and made some enemies along the way. Jerry Heller, the group’s former manager, has filed a $110 million defamation lawsuit against multiple parties involved in the film’s production and distribution, including NBC Universal, former N.W.A. members Ice…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Slams Debbie Wasserman Schultz as ‘Crazy’
Donald Trump reportedly slammed Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz as “neurotic” and “crazy” in a radio rant. Appearing on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart News Daily” on Nov. 2, the Republican presidential candidate was asked about the controversy over the recent GOP debate, which was hosted by financial network CNBC. He declined to criticize Reince…
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Culture How a Jewish Woman and a Kenyan Man Are Trying To Save the World Together
‘It’s powerful to share a dream together,” Jessica Posner said, holding hands loosely with her husband, Kennedy Odede. The couple are the co-founders of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). It’s a not-for-profit organization that provides social services in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum. Located in Nairobi, Kibera is home to hundreds of thousands of people, the…
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News Richard Lakin’s Dream of Coexistence Through Education Dies With Him
Richard Lakin lived with a dream to use education to improve lives of both Jews and Palestinians in the Holy Land. The former Connecticut school principal’s dream died with him on Wednesday, October 27 when he succumbed to wounds suffered in a terror stabbing on a Jerusalem bus two weeks earlier. “Dad was a kind,…
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The Schmooze When High Fashion Meets Hasidic Tunes
Last week, audiences at Tel Aviv’s Fashion Week were surprised when Tovale+, a label run by mother and daughter team Tovale and Namma Chasin, “Maaminim.” Ben David, an American Hasidic Jewish singer popular in the Orthodox community, was an unlikely choice for the high-fashion event. The festive tune was a change of pace for the…
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Music The First Ever Chinese-Yiddish Song
While writing her Ph.D. dissertation on Jewish Exile in Shanghai resulting from the Shoah, Yang Meng decided she needed to learn both Yiddish and Hebrew for the sake of her research. A Chinese national already fluent in English and German, once she took on the new languages she found herself fascinated by Yiddish, which she…
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Culture How Geraldine Brooks Was Inspired by King David and Leonard Cohen
I first learned who Geraldine Brooks was when her 2005 novel “March” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. My mother had gone to journalism school with Brooks, and the novel was about the absent father in one of her favorite books, Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” Those two connections were enough to make Brooks a…
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