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 Bob Dylan Will Have Acceptance Speech at Nobel Prize Ceremony — He Just Won’t Be Reading it
In the latest installment of the Bob Dylan Nobel Prize Saga — which, we would note, gets less interesting as it gets more unnecessarily complex — the Nobel Foundation has announced Dylan is sending a speech to be read at the December 10 presentation of the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm. Like all Nobel laureates, Dylan…
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The Schmooze LISTEN: Regina Spektor’s Hamilton Mixtape Track is Absolutely Dreamy
We were thrilled to report Regina Spektor would be putting her own spin on the “Hamilton” song “Dear Theodosia” for “The Hamilton Mixtape,” and we’re even more excited now we’ve heard the final version. Listen to her honey-toned version, featuring Ben Folds, below.
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The Schmooze Are We Actually Celebrating Woody Allen’s 81st Birthday?
The always-nebbishy, sometimes brilliant, frequently self-involved, occasionally trite Woody Allen turns 81 today. Not all will be celebrating; his son Ronan Farrow, for instance, who spoke out this year on the media’s failure to adequately examine Allen’s alleged sexual abuse of his daughter Dylan, is unlikely to be raising a glass. For those who are…
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Culture Susan Faludi’s ‘In The Darkroom’ Named To NYT 10 Best Books Of 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi’s “In The Darkroom,” a memoir about her father — who, after 25 years of estrangement, contacted her in 2004 to inform her of his sex reassignment surgery — has been named one of the New York Times’s 10 Best Books of the 2016. Explaining the selection, the editors of The…
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Culture ‘She Loves Me’ Hits The Screen, And 8 Other Things To Read, Watch, And Do This Week
We hope you’ve digested all of that Turkey Day tryptophan, because with a flood of events in New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles, the Jewish cultural world is moving right along. As December creeps around the corner, bundle against the cold – or, if you’re in L.A., laugh at the rest of us…
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The Schmooze WATCH: Samantha Bee Plays Most Depressing Jewish Board Game Of All Time
Politics getting you down? In a recent segment, Samantha Bee suggested an answer: game night with her staff! Except, well, when the game is “Expulsion,” and “fun” sounds like “Jewish books are being burned; anybody in the game who is an author gets one token for Torah.” That’s right, there is no escape, and yes,…
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Culture WATCH TONIGHT: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Pays Tribute To Elie Wiesel
At 5:30 pm EST today, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will live-stream its tribute to the late Elie Wiesel. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor, whose work as an advocate for Holocaust remembrance continues to shape worldwide discourse on genocide, passed away on July 2. “He was a transformative figure who exemplified…
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Culture Descendants Of Jewish WWII Refugees Reunited With Long-Lost Painting
The painting had quite the journey. Henry and Hertha Bromberg were forced to sell the 16th-century Flemish portrait — attributed to either Joos van Cleve or his son Cornelis — in Paris while fleeing Nazi Germany, the New York Times’s Aurelian Breeden reports. It subsequently moved between a series of art collectors and sellers before…
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