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 Mahler Sheet Music Borrowed By Leonard Bernstein Returns To Vienna — Finally
The composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein may have been a genius, but he was, apparently, fickle with other people’s belongings. As The New York Times’s Michael Cooper reported, Bernstein borrowed a copy of Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” — “The Song of the Earth,” a song cycle for tenor and alto or tenor…
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Culture Some Surprising Jewish Authors Are Guiding Defense Secretary James Mattis
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has, to put it lightly, a very big job. Unlike certain members of the administration he serves, he’s a dedicated reader; luckily for us, that means we have insight into exactly which thinkers are influencing Mattis’s decision-making — which, of course, affects us all. In an excerpt of “The Leader’s…
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Culture TV Icon Norman Lear To Appear On ‘The Simpsons’
For Norman Lear, the legendary creator and producer behind some of television’s most formative comedies — “All in the Family,” “One Day at a Time,” and “The Jeffersons,” to name only a few — there are few Hollywood trophies yet to be won. He’s about to claim one of them: A guest spot on “The…
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Fast Forward Makers Of ‘Serial,’ ‘This American Life’ Debut New Podcast
If you love “This American Life” or “Serial,” cancel your evening plans: This morning, the creators of the two popular podcasts released a new podcast, “S-Town” — and every episode is now available. That’s right, you can binge the Alabama-set true-crime story right now. The producers have kept most details of the show under wraps,…
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Culture Why 7,000 Pieces Of Vicious Anti-Semitic Propaganda Are Relevant Again
Arthur Langerman began collecting pieces of anti-Semitic propaganda dating from the late 19th century onward in 1961. He thought his collection, which now includes close to 7,000 images and documents, would serve as a chronicle of the baseless hatred perpetuated by its contents. He didn’t anticipate his mission would, in his lifetime, become one of…
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Culture These Upcoming Plays Will Make You Want To Celebrate #WorldTheaterDay
It’s World Theater Day, and what better way to celebrate than by looking forward to the most exciting Jewish theater of the spring and summer? Whether you’re looking for brand new musical thrills, enigmatic mysteries, or fresh takes on classics, the upcoming New York and London seasons have it all. 1) “Indecent” Paula Vogel’s “Indecent,”…
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The Schmooze ‘Grace And Frankie’ Returns, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
It’s officially spring, which might mean you’re hoping to spend your weekend outside, drinking in the warmer weather. (Or, you know, fretting about the reason it’s already so unnervingly warm.) If you’re still in winter hygge mode, though — anyone who knows a Yiddish synonym for “hygge,” please step forward — spend your weekend bingeing…
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Culture You Can Now Read Saul Bellow’s Personal Papers At The University Of Chicago
Scholars of Saul Bellow, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, can now peruse the most sizable collection of his personal papers that has yet been made available at the University of Chicago Library. Bellow, whose works include “Herzog,” “The Adventures of Augie March,” and “Humboldt’s Gift,” was a professor at the University for three decades….
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