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 Jewish Graffiti, Remembering Jerry Lewis And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
As the summer approaches its end, hit the beach before you lose the chance. If you’re sunned out for the season, check out our recommendations below. 1) Read The week’s best new releases include Judith Newman’s memoir “To Siri With Love,” Lydia Davis’s translation of Marcel Proust’s “Letters to His Neighbor,” and, if you’re in…
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Culture From Mailer To Ginsberg, The Village Voice’s Greatest Contributions To Print Journalism
To the distress of many, iconic New York City weekly newspaper The Village Voice announced this week that it will cease producing a print issue. While a date for the final print issue has yet to be confirmed, the paper’s imminent absence from city newsstands sparked a keen mourning for what it once had been….
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Fast Forward Trump Science Envoy Sends Secret I-M-P-E-A-C-H Message In Resignation Letter
The members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities included last week a secret message in a mass resignation letter to President Trump: The first letters of each paragraph, read in order, spelled the word “RESIST.” State Department Science Envoy Daniel Kammen has shared a coded message of his own — and…
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The Schmooze Donald And Melania Trump, Citing ‘Political Distraction,’ Will Avoid Kennedy Center Honors
For the first time since 1978, neither the president nor the first lady of the United States will attend this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. Donald and Melania Trump’s decision to abstain from the annual celebration was announced on Saturday. Quoted by The New York Times, a White House statement declared the Trumps’ choice was intended…
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The Schmooze Marvel’s ‘The Defenders,’ Sarah Ruhl On Peter Pan And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
The world hasn’t ended yet, but summer soon will. Make the most of it with our weekend culture picks. 1) New York City Playwright and MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl has a new play making its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons; catch “For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday,” now in previews. If you’re musically…
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Culture 16 Members Quit Trump Arts And Humanities Committee
Update, 4:55 pm: As Sopan Deb of The New York Times reported, the White House has now issued a statement claiming that President Trump’s administration had already decided to not to “renew the Executive Order for the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), which expires later this year.” Updated, 3:45 pm: George…
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Culture Trump An Anti-Semite? For Michael Chabon And Ayelet Waldman, Absolutely
“So, now you know,” Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman wrote. “First he went after immigrants, the poor, Muslims, trans people and people of color, and you did nothing. You contributed to his campaign, you voted for him. You accepted positions on his staff and his councils.” In a now-infamous Tuesday press conference, President Trump suggested…
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Culture Broadway’s ‘Indecent’ To Air On PBS’s ‘Great Performances’
Paula Vogel’s “Indecent,” an homage to Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance” that marked her Broadway debut, will air on PBS’s “Great Performances” on November 17. The play was co-created by Rebecca Taichman, whose direction of it won a Tony Award. The production also earned a Tony for lighting designer Christopher Akerlind. Following the awards, the…
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