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 Daily distraction: Catch a Broadway show, explore the Met and give back
Welcome to your daily distraction, our recommendations for ways to stay engaged and entertained while we socially distance ourselves to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. You can find our past recommendations here; many of the opportunities we’ve highlighted are ongoing. It’s Sunday. Tomorrow, the new week begins, as does — again — the difficult balance of…
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Culture Daily distraction: Experience the world from your couch, explore YIVO and dance
Welcome to your daily distraction, our recommendations for ways to stay engaged and entertained while we socially distance ourselves to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. You can find our past recommendations here; many of the opportunities we’ve highlighted are ongoing. It’s Friday, the end of our first week of social distancing. Things can look bleak…
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Culture Daily distraction: 92nd Street Y online, free yoga, Jewish Museum audio tour
It’s Wednesday, and we’re halfway through this first — for many of us — week of socially distancing. Every day is an achievement, and every day deserves a reward. Here are some options to consider today. 1) Browse archived performances from the 92nd Street Y. The 92nd Street Y, one of New York’s most beloved cultural…
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Culture Daily distraction: How to stay engaged — and entertained — through a time of isolation
Listen: If Arnold Schwarzenegger can absolutely revel in being quarantined with his miniature horse and miniature donkey (yes, really!), you can find some comfort and joy in isolation, too. Starting today, we’ll be sharing recommendations each day on how to stay engaged with the world in these times of quarantine and isolation. They’ll range from…
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Culture As coronavirus fears escalate, Broadway goes affordable
The spread of coronavirus has sent financial markets into turmoil, closed Harvard University and emptied supermarket shelves of surgical masks and hand sanitizer. It’s also forced Broadway to do something unprecedented: Sell reasonably-priced tickets. Scott Rudin, one of Broadway’s biggest producers, has slashed the price of all remaining tickets for his five Broadway shows to…
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Culture Woody Allen memoir canceled after publisher’s staff walk out in protest
Updated, 4:26 pm After approximately 75 staff members of the staff at Hachette Book Group staged a walk-out protest on Thursday, the publisher has canceled its plans to publish Woody Allen’s memoir “Apropos of Nothing.” The news was broken by Publishers Weekly. BREAKING: In a statement, Hachette Book Group has announced that it will not…
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Culture The impoverished immigrant who married an American prince — and became a socialist hero
Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes By Adam Hochschild Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 320 pages, $30 It’s tempting to think, as the 2020 election unfolds, that we’re living through the great American confrontation of capitalism and socialism. Has there ever been a figure who more compellingly captured…
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Culture Fascinated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and exploiting it
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a more exhausting book than Colum McCann’s “Apeirogon.” McCann, the author of, among others, the National Book Award-winning “Let the Great World Spin,” is attracted to big stories, the kind that appear to in some way encompass the world. So it’s only natural that he would, at some…
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