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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Film & TV The saga of Hollywood’s most terrifying vampire (and his Jewish parents)
1972's 'Blacula' was the brainchild of a couple of Jewish movie buffs from New York City
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This Halloween, antisemitism might just be the scariest look around
Timely and terrible costumes to terrify your Jewish friends and neighbors!
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Books How simply living as a woman can feel like a preexisting condition
Elissa Bassist's illness memoir is enraging, hysterically funny and very, very Jewish
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Music The real Lou Reed was a lot funnier than you’d think
The purportedly cantankerous Jewish rocker wanted to be remembered for his sense of humor
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When is Hanukkah 2022?
Hanukkah’s on the ‘late’ side this year. Find out when the holiday starts — and why the dates seem to move so much from year to year
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Film & TV How the Groucho Marx Halloween mask became ubiquitous
The significance of 'Groucho glasses' goes way beyond their cigar-chomping creator
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Music Has Leonard Cohen’s most Jewish song become a ‘Hallelujah’ for darker times?
in 'The Patient' and 'Bones and All,' Cohen's ‘You Want It Darker,’ which features a cantor and synagogue choir, is having a moment
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Theater Once upon a time, there was an Adolf Hitler Street on Long Island
Bess Wohl's 'Camp Siegfried' revisits a dark period in American history
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Theater Why Arthur Miller paid a price for greatness
In John Lahr’s new biography, the ‘Death of a Salesman’ writer’s inner life explains the plays we know
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First Person Remembering a loved one through pots, pans — and pearls
A young bride inherits a set of Farberware pots and pans, and cooks up a lifetime of good meals and happy memories
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Music Replete with biblical references, Bob Dylan’s latest book showcases the artist’s Jewishness and his brilliance
'The Philosophy of Modern Song' turns out to be more Talmudic than philosophical
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Opinion This Jewish mathematician understood why Trump is a terrible poker player
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Fast Forward Texas may soon require schools to post the Ten Commandments. Meet the Jewish lawmaker fighting back.
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Fast Forward French parliamentary committee unanimously votes to posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus
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Fast Forward Elise Stefanik says Harvard pro-Palestinian activist should lose federally-funded scholarship
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