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
-
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
-
Why are there so many Christmas trees at the White House Hanukkah party?
Pro tip for next year’s planners: Keep the mistletoe away from the menorah
-
Books At 89, Cormac McCarthy has created his first Jewish characters — not that it matters
In 'The Passenger' and 'Stella Maris,' we meet Bobby and Alicia Western, whose exploits are more compelling than their surname
The Latest
-
Is there a biblical monster in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’?
At the center of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic is a creature that looks a lot like a leviathan
-
Music For one 1980s pop fan, this Shabbat service is a dream come true
At L.A.'s Ikar, music director Hillel Tigay joins up with one half of Tears for Fears
-
Llamas, dinosaurs, gnomes, oh my! Which creature is the real Hanukkah mascot?
Why are there so many animals on Hanukkah merch?
-
Maccabee Bar is serving up Hanukkah warm fuzzies (and hard drinks) in the West Village
The holiday pop-up has good vibes and solid drinks
-
Bintel Brief Dear Bintel: A frenemy wrote a mean song about me and I’m freaking out
Bintel says: Jake Gyllenhaal feels your pain — and Jewish tradition has some advice
-
What happened to all the women in all those a cappella Hanukkah videos?
When it comes to viral holiday content, sometimes it can seem like a man's world out there
-
How the sesame seed became the most Jewish of all ingredients
Plus, a recipe for the best Chinese sesame noodles you've ever tasted (no peanut butter required)
-
The surprisingly erotic (and poetic) nature of the Hebrew alphabet
In the transcendent work of 'genius' poet Peter Cole, sometimes male and female letters just want to hook up
-
Film & TV Why Zelenskyy made a Jewish joke in his Netflix interview with David Letterman
The Ukrainian President hasn’t made much of his background — but he’s happy to joke about it
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News A Jewish farmer drove 600 miles to rescue a century-old synagogue. Now he’s building a new one in a cornfield.
- 2
Opinion Pete Hegseth is targeting a Jewish American hero — who’s next?
- 3
Opinion The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder
- 4
Culture On the northwest side of Chicago, my old Jewish neighborhood may soon live on in infamy
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture That time Yiddishists met extraterrestrials a short while ago in a galaxy not far away
-
Opinion Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast
-
News Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials
-
Culture In the Trump-Musk feud, both sides are united by antisemitism
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
