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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I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens
San Wei, which serves pastrami sandwiches along with churros and biang biang noodles, represents an immigrant's fulfillment of the American dream
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Is it too late now for Justin Bieber to say sorry … for doing a Nazi salute on stage?
The pop icon has some teshuva in his future
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Music How a blind Jewish boy from Baghdad became a great musician
'King of the Qanun': From Iraq to Israel, the life and legacy of Avraham Salman
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Theater Two very Jewish stories, separated by more than 3,000 years
Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell star in Ed. Weinberger's 'Two Jews Talking'
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Michael Twitty’s ‘Koshersoul’ blends history, culture and culinary identity
The master chef and culinary historian's new book looks at food, the Black and Jewish diasporas — and social justice
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The secret Jewish history of Jethro Tull
The band's leader Ian Anderson has demonstrated a deep appreciation for Christianity's Jewish roots
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Art In Israel, an artist confronts his demons — and urges us to face our own
The Haifa-based Shahar Sivan has created a forest full of nightmares
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Art How Jews have confronted the seemingly eternal scourge of hatred
Two new exhibits in New York grapple with the ravages wrought by antisemitism
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Film & TV How a deadly disease saved Jewish lives and fooled the Nazis during WWII
‘Syndrome K,’ the subject of a new documentary, was highly contagious and highly fictional
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Film & TV Just how Jewish is Betty Boop?
Born on Aug. 9, 1930, the iconic cartoon character has both animated and real-life Yiddish ancestors
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The secret Jewish history of Olivia Newton-John
In 1933, her grandfather fled from Germany to escape Hitler
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Evading American and Israeli authorities, did Josef Mengele ever face justice?
A new novel considers the postwar history of the notorious Nazi physician
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Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
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News At Harvard, reports on antisemitism and anti-Palestinian bias reflect campus conflict over Israel
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Opinion Is JB Pritzker’s very Jewish toughness the key to fighting Trump?
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