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
-
On ‘Seinfeld,’ Raquel Welch wasn’t afraid to make fun of herself
The sex symbol had one of the sitcom’s more memorable cameos
-
Would you wait in line for 2 hours for a falafel? They certainly would.
For those in search of one of the greatest dining experiences in Paris, look no further than the Jewish quarter
-
Music Why Prokofiev once called himself ‘the only Jewish composer’
The Russian composer produced one of the most significant works about Jewish cultural identity
The Latest
-
Music How one of the giants of jazz composed a hymn for Black-Jewish unity
Dave Brubeck's 1969 opus ‘Gates of Justice’ is on its way to UCLA
-
Film & TV How Hollywood found its Anne Frank — and why it wasn’t Audrey Hepburn
Before the 1959 film, Millie Perkins was an 18-year-old model who had never really thought about acting
-
At the Western Wall, a woman in her underwear protests modesty limits
Requirements for prayer at the Jerusalem holy site have long been contentious
-
All the Jew(ish) Super Bowl 2023 ads
Between Ma&Ya's and the Snapchat commercial, it was all a bit much
-
Art How this portrait of Marc Chagall’s father finally wound up where it belonged
The 1911 painting was confiscated by the Nazis in 1939
-
Twitter re-platformed extremists — and it’s paying off in ad money
Turns out that extremism draws clicks, and clicks mean ad dollars
-
Film & TV You want it darker? Marc Maron’s game.
In his HBO special ‘From Bleak to Dark,’ the comic talks grief, Jewishness and the apocalypse
-
Film & TV ‘South Park’ delivers a strong satire of Kanye West’s antisemitism
The season 26 premiere pokes fun at Jews controlling Hollywood
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward DNC finding: Biden’s Israel backing cost Harris votes for president
- 2
Antisemitism Decoded After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
- 3
News Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, has a plan for his people’s future — if they’ll have him
- 4
News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Jewish Democrats split over Trump’s Iran military strikes as Congress weighs war powers
-
Fast Forward Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system
-
Fast Forward Yet again, Israel’s public shelters become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger
-
Fast Forward What happened during the 2025 Israel-Iran war? A timeline.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
