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 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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Culture Plays By Tom Stoppard, Mark Medoff Join Broadway 17-18 Season
The 2017-2018 Broadway season isn’t exactly lacking Jewish representation: “Prince of Broadway” and “The Band’s Visit” will anchor the fall’s offerings, and directors like Julie Taymor, Jerry Zaks, and Rebecca Taichman will be helming shows across the Great White Way. Yet there’s always room for more: Playwrights Tom Stoppard and Mark Medoff will both have…
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Culture Remembering Arlene Gottfried, Chronicler Of New York’s Humanity
Arlene Gottfried called her grandma bubbie and sang in a gospel choir. The Brooklyn-born photographer, who passed away on Tuesday August 8 at age 66, was a New Yorker to the core. She spent her childhood in Coney Island, then Crown Heights; in the 1990s, she moved to the Lower East Side, where the life…
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Culture Ben Platt Is Leaving ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ Here Are Some Of His Remarkable Performances.
In the title role of “Dear Evan Hansen,” Ben Platt has won a series of theatrical accolades, including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, that have made him a household name. Now, the 23-year-old actor is planning his next steps. Platt took to Twitter today to confirm that his last performance…
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Culture Can Louis Kahn’s Quintessentially American Music Boat Be Saved?
“How important is your thumb on your right hand?” Richard Saul Wurman asked, before he answered his own question: “It’s not as important as your whole arm, or your lungs.” “Lou’s reputation as a great architect will live without this boat. But it’s really nice that it is recognized.” Wurman, an author, architect and founder…
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Culture 65 Years Ago, The USSR Murdered Its Greatest Jewish Poets. What’s Left Of Their Legacy?
For nearly four decades, no one knew exactly how many Soviet Jews were secretly executed by the Soviet Union in the basement of Moscow’s Lubyanka Prison on August 12, 1952. A 1970 New York Times report on the fate of Yiddish in the USSR claimed the victims numbered around 30. A 1972 volume commemorating the…
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