This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish culture where you’ll learn about the latest (and sometimes earliest) in Jewish art, music (including of course Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen), film, theater, books as well as the secret Jewish history of…
Culture
-
Is the Purim story actually a work of Babylonian fan fiction?
There's little reason to believe the events recounted in the Megillah of Esther actually happened
-
The internet’s Kate Middleton obsession may have revealed an unsavory Jewish secret
Internet sleuths are speculating that valuable antiques owned by Prince William’s alleged girlfriend, Rose Hanbury, may have been looted by her husband’s Jewish ancestors
-
Charles Lindbergh was a vicious antisemite. Why does St. Louis publicly honor him?
It's time for the midwestern city to reckon with the legendary airman's antisemitism
The Latest
-
How the 1919 solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famous
Photographs from the celestial event proved the theory of relativity, which caught the world by surprise
-
A beautiful, Black, Queen Esther with braids — and readers are liking what they see
Whether intentionally or not, a newspaper geared toward an Orthodox audience makes a diversity statement
-
Theater Hannah Arendt is a detective solving the mystery of Eichmann in a new play
‘The Banality of Evil’ adapts Arendt’s famous dispatch from Jerusalem
-
You should probably be aware of that Purim song’s problematic backstory
It was made famous by Harry Belafonte and Johnny Cash. And at least one version included the N-word.
-
Film & TV Will Aaron Taylor-Johnson make James Bond Jewish again?
The actor was reportedly offered the role of the fabled secret agent
-
This Jewish artist got her start before WWI. A century later, she’s still in the avant garde
In the early 20th century, Odessa-born artist Sonia Delaunay pioneered abstract paintings, whimsical furniture and boldly patterned textiles that feel wholly contemporary today.
-
Art How one wedding dress came to symbolize the strength of more than 2,000 Jewish women
Andi Arnovitz is one of seven contemporary artists in 'Threading,' an exhibition at the Jerusalem Biennale
-
Theater How ‘Hester Street’ made its way to the stage
Joan Micklin Silver’s classic film debuts as a play at Theater J
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
- 2
Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
- 3
Holy Ground A Millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
- 4
News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition
-
Fast Forward Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
-
Fast Forward Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
-
Antisemitism Decoded Israel is teaming up with the far right to fight global antisemitism
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
