Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish culture. Here, you’ll learn about the latest (and sometimes earliest) in Jewish art, music, film, theater, books as well as the secret Jewish history of everything and everyone from The Rolling Stones to…
Culture
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On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
Albany Park was home to Rosenblum's Bookstore, Weinberg's Clothing — and also alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez
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Books The secret Jewish history of Layla Murad, Egyptian superstar
A new book highlights Murad’s conversion story — and the complex Arab culture that helped guide it
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One of our greatest peacemakers didn’t speak about his Jewishness; he didn’t have to
In speaking out against Nazism and nuclear war, Norman Cousins was both humanitarian and prophet
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Meet the Holocaust artist who fundraised for George Santos — and regrets it
Toby Gotesman was drawn to the candidate's seeming integrity, only to discover he lied about the issue closest to her
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Preparing Jewish bodies for burial, an artist finds inspiration
'I could have painted landscapes,' says Karen Benioff Friedman. Instead, she's portraying the rituals around death.
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Film & TV On screen, the beauty of Hasidic life transcends a cloistered world’s restrictions
Two films at the New York Jewish Film festival flout the usual dark depictions of Hasidism
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This film, not ‘The Fabelmans,’ was the greatest Jewish film story of 2022
‘Only in Theaters’ is a funny, heartbreaking and moving story about the power of movies
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Bintel Brief I found out a colleague opposes abortion. Is it OK to tell others so they can avoid working with her?
Bintel explores the Jewish rules around gossip — and the idea of political litmus tests in the workplace.
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Theater There’s something so Jewish about how very un-Jewish Stephen Sondheim was
A conversation with DT Max, the author of 'Finale: Late Conversations With Stephen Sondheim'
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Why are Hindus and Muslims in India worshiping dead Jews?
How did the graves of Jews become such resonant non-Jewish pilgrimage sites?
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Film & TV Television’s goriest Holocaust revenge fantasy has had a change of heart — will it matter?
In its 'Hunters' season two, the controversial Amazon Prime show seems to speak to — and even agree with — its critics
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Why the decision to shut down a Jewish play in Florida borders on obscenity
The censorship of Paula Vogel's 'Indecent' in Jacksonville is a new and troubling development in the so-called culture wars
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