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 Jews Who Fought Hitler, ‘Menashe’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Personally, I think President Trump’s communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s graphic rant to The New Yorker is the only entertainment I’ll need this weekend. Should you be looking for something less lurid and politically disheartening, check out our recommendations below. 1) Watch The much-anticipated Yiddish-language film “Menashe,” which chronicles the struggle of a Hasidic widower to…
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Culture Michiko Kakutani, Formative New York Times Book Critic, Reviews 8 Jewish Writers
Michiko Kakutani, who as The New York Times’s longtime chief book critic earned both admiration and the ire novelists to whom she dished out less-than-favorable reviews — said novelists tended to be white, male, and accustomed to praise; make of that what you will — is stepping down from her post. As the Times announced…
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Culture ‘To The End Of The Land’ Shows The Dream Of Israel — And Its End
A chorus of actors in IDF fatigues raced to the bare white walls framing the stage. Minutes later, when they stepped away, those walls were covered in childlike drawings of a bucolic countryside: Hills, trees, birds, a stream. It was the rare theatrical choice that evokes real wonder, but in “To the End of the…
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Fast Forward Paul Auster, Arundhati Roy Lead Man Booker Prize Longlist
Paul Auster’s gargantuan novel “4 3 2 1” is one of 13 novels to make the longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The list, a who’s-who of contemporary literature, also includes previous Man Booker-winner Arundhati Roy for her sophomore novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” Colson Whitehead for his Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Underground Railroad,”…
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Culture How Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination Left Amos Gitai Searching For The Right Words
Last week, following a one-night-only Manhattan performance of Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai’s “Yitzhak Rabin: Chronicle of an Assassination,” I asked a friend what she’d thought of the performance. She wondered, hesitantly, if there needed to be quite so many gunshots. I knew to expect them. The multi-media performance wasn’t Gitai’s first take on the 1995…
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Culture In Vogue, Texas Congressional Candidate Talks Activism, Climate Change
In May, Laura Moser spoke to the Forward about her decision to run for Congress. Now, two months into her campaign for Texas’s Seventh District, Moser — who, prior to deciding to run for office, founded the activist network Daily Action — has written about the challenges and triumphs of life on the campaign trail…
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Culture Allen Ginsberg Was The Voice Of The Beats. Now, Hear His Voice Online.
Stanford Libraries have been on an Allen Ginsberg roll. After digitizing Ginsberg’s manuscripts of his iconic poem “Howl” earlier this summer, Open Culture reports that Stanford has added a substantial archive of audio recordings related to Ginsberg’s career to their online offerings. The materials include recordings of Ginsberg leading college lectures and workshops, like his…
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Culture These Artists Called For A Boycott Of An Israeli Play. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
On Monday, July 24, a stage adaptation of David Grossman’s novel “To the End of the Land” will make its United States premiere. But a number of prominent American theater artists wish it wouldn’t. Their numbers include the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights Lynn Nottage, Annie Baker, Bruce Norris, and Tracy Letts, as well as the directors…
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