Looking Back
Forverts Seeks More Stories About Your Favorite Heirlooms
Earlier this year, the Forverts asked readers to submit anecdotes and photos of their favorite heirlooms.
Remember That Time Barbra Streisand Chatted With Golda Meir?
Despite recent appearances in “Meet the Fockers” and “Guilt Trip,” Barbra Streisand, who turned 76 on April 24, is a living, breathing legend.
Does This Picture Prove God Exposed Himself to Ancient Jews?
Is that supposed to be the penis of God, or is it a tail?
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My First Pesach In America — In 1883
“We Socialist, freethinking Jews, were just as fanatical in our apostasy as our parents and grandparents were in their religious lives.”
Eat, Drink + Think
Leonard Cohen Invented His Own Cocktail. The Jewish Museum Gave It A Happy Hour.
The secret chord, over ice and stirred.
Louis B. Mayer Created The Oscars To Combat Hollywood Unions
The Academy Awards have nefarious origins: They were apparently created by Hollywood’s creative class to combat unionization.
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Remembering Lewis Gilbert, Who Directed Bond Films, “Alfie,” “Educating Rita”
Lewis Gilbert, a beloved British film director whose oeuvre includes three James Bond films and “Alfie” (1966), has died at 97.
The Hollywood Directors Who Filmed Concentration Camp Liberations
John Ford, George Stevens, and Samuel Fuller created their most important work for the US Armed Forces and Secret Services during World War II.
An Amateur Photographer’s Remarkable Shots Of London’s East End Reemerge
Granick grew up in Stepney, a neighborhood nested in the East End. The area contained a vibrant Jewish community in the early 20th century.
Newsweek Has An Impressive History Of Investigative Journalism. What About Its Future?
Journalists are not readily intimidated into dropping a story.
The Mystery Behind The Lost Books Of A Cherished Lublin Yeshiva
The story goes that the Nazis burned the collection of the yeshiva library, but clues indicate this is simply not true.
