Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at zax@forward.com or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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Culture How Jews helped inspire J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’
The Catholic author took inspiration from his own World War II-era friendship with the Jewish historian Cecil Roth
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One cat and two human Brooklynites live vicariously through the exploits of FX's morally bereft Upper East Side couple
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It’s a tale as old as Talmud: sharing a house, and fighting over how to keep it clean
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Forwarding the News Trump, Kanye and a weekend of public antisemitism + Sneak peek at Netanyahu’s new memoir
Good morning! Today: Reexamining a neo-Nazi cop’s case record; “Miss Hitler” may be released from prison; and a far-right Swedish politician gets weird about Anne Frank.
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Forwarding the News Behind the scenes: Can a play about antisemitism make up for a London theater’s antisemitism?
Today: On the streets with the “are you Jewish?” Chabad guys, parsing the media response to Kanye West’s antisemitism and a major agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
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Today: Kanye West pivots to antisemitism, a portrait of Hitler in a 7th grade classroom and a moment of long-awaited joy for a small New Mexico Jewish community.
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