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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Art New Center For Jewish History Head David Myers Shares His Vision For The Future
The Center for Jewish History has announced that its new President and Chief Executive Officer will be David N. Myers, the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Professor of Jewish History in the UCLA History Department, where he has taught for the past 25 years. Myers is also the author of such books as “Re-inventing the Jewish…
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The Schmooze The Tony Awards And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
Dear reader, if your weekend entertainment plans don’t consist solely of re-watching former FBI director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate — and composing a few coy tweets in response — we first applaud you, and second, have recommendations. Read on. Read New books! Hurrah. Rachel Kadish’s “The Weight of Ink,” Anthony Horowitz’s “The Magpie…
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Culture How Allen Ginsberg Wrote The Poem Of A Generation
At some point, either in a high school English class or in a circle of semi-stoned friends — frankly, sometimes they’re one and the same (I’m from Colorado, sorry) — you’ve likely heard the famous opening line of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl:” “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness,/starving hysterical naked,/dragging…
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Culture Ben Platt, Bette Midler, Scarlett Johansson To Perform At 2017 Tony Awards
Ben Platt, Bette Midler, and Scarlett Johansson will be among the performers and presenters at the 2017 Tony Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, June 11. Platt is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his star turn in “Dear Evan Hansen,” and Midler is up…
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Culture Why That Leering ‘Wonder Woman’ Review Does A Disservice To Criticism
In the modern, click-hungry media, one way to ensure a piece racks in readers is to have it be egregiously offensive. Exhibit A: David Edelstein’s recent review of the Gal Gadot-led “Wonder Woman” for New York Magazine. Much of Edelstein’s review suggests sexism, from his declaration that, despite a lack of the S&M intonations of…
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Culture Bette Midler, ‘Oslo,’ Win Drama Desk Awards
The 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, announced in a ceremony on June 4, showed a lot of love for Broadway’s “Hello Dolly!,” “Oslo,” and “The Little Foxes,” as well as the Off-Broadway production of “The Band’s Visit.” “Hello Dolly!” took home Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Bette Midler, and…
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Culture LISTEN: Bob Dylan (Finally) Delivers Nobel Lecture
The saga of Bob Dylan’s oddly ambivalent acceptance of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature is finally over, as the singer-songwriter presented his Nobel Lecture on June 4. “When I received the Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature,” Dylan said, opening the lecture. After a brief…
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Culture Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman Take On Israel — With Stories Of Occupation
Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two mainstays of the Jewish literary world who happen to be married to each other, have, in their novels, investigated much of the richness, strangeness and conflict of contemporary Jewish life. But there’s one glaringly large subject in that field that neither has previously taken on: Israel. With “Kingdom of…
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