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 Protesting Trump, ‘1984’ To Screen In Theaters Around The World
References to George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984” have proliferated since the inauguration of President Trump, at one point sending the book to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. Tomorrow, Al Jazeera reports, close to 200 movie theaters worldwide will screen Michael Radford’s film adaptation of the novel, originally released in — wait for it —…
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Culture Naomi Alderman Named Finalist For Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction
British-Jewish novelist Naomi Alderman is among the six finalists for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Alderman, whose nominated novel “The Power” imagines a world in which women suddenly invert the gender status quo, forcing men into fearful seclusion, previously won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel “Disobedience.” That prize became…
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Culture Jewish Book Council Announces 2017 Sami Rohr Prize Finalists
The Jewish Book Council has announced the finalists for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The finalists, known as the Sami Rohr Prize Fellows, are Paul Goldberg for “The Yid,” Idra Novey for “Ways to Disappear,” Daniel Torday for “The Last Flight of Poxl West,” Adam Ehrlich Sachs for “Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables…
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Fast Forward Fox News, Roger Ailes Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit By Julie Roginsky
Julie Roginsky, Democratic strategist and Fox News contributor, has filed a sexual harassment suit against the network, its former CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes, and current co-president Bill Shine, NPR reports. The action alleges that beginning in 2015, when Roginsky, who is of Russian-Jewish heritage, started appearing as a temporary host of Fox’s “The Five,”…
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Culture Major Arthur Szyk Collection Given To University Of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life is about to become home to a major collection of the works and personal papers of Arthur Szyk, thanks to a gift from the Bay Area-based Taube Philanthropies. Szyk, who was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland in 1894, was a…
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Fast Forward Yuck! Tic Tac Plans Hummus-Flavored Mints For Israel Independence Day
Disgusting, brilliant, or possibly both? Tic Tac announcedthat it will create limited edition hummus-flavored candies in honor of Israel Independence Day. The chick pea-tinged mints will be given out on the holiday during celebrations on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv starting May 1. They’ll be available in grocery stores through the end of May. Last…
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Culture Bob Dylan Archive Now Open For Research
In 2016, the University of Tulsa and George Kaiser Family Foundation purchased a sizeable collection of Bob Dylan’s personal papers, recordings, artwork, memorabilia and more. The collection, which includes over 6,000 items, is now open to select researchers. The Bob Dylan Archive, which is housed at The University of Tulsa’s Helmerich Center for American Research,…
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Culture Revisiting The Six-Day War, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
If you’re not spending the weekend clearing your house of chametz in preparation for Passover, have we got ideas for you! In New York City, spend your Sunday at the 92nd Street Y’s symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. The day’s last session, a discussion of the war’s long-term impact on the…
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