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
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes
In a rare Lumet comedy, Jews meet an unexpected landsman
Why the cab scene in 'Bye Bye Braverman' is still a riot
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes A scene that was so Jewish it wound up on the cutting-room floor
The director of 'The Chosen' recalls a sequence that didn't make the final cut
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes How Barbra Streisand remade the world for Jewish girls
In three scenes, the actor-singer-director formed new standards of beauty
The Latest
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes In ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ a scene of Jewish (and gay) discretion
Queerness and Jewishness — forms of Otherness — are overlapping identities in Luca Guadagnino's Italian film.
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes How Ernst Lubitsch punched Hitler in the face
In an unforgettable scene in 'To Be or Not to Be,' a Polish actor gets the last laugh
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes How the most over-the-top bar mitzvah movie taught Jews who they shouldn’t be
'The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz' made Richard Dreyfuss into a star — just not a likable one
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes Redeeming the girl in the red coat
The 'Schindler's List' scene has been accused of 'kitsch.' That's why it's so effective.
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes Over beers, a Hasidic widower challenges our assumptions
In a key scene in 'Menashe,' the lead character and his Latino co-workers connect across cultures
-
125 greatest Jewish movie scenes Meet the prop maven who knows how to make any movie scene look Jewish
For more than 40 years, Suri Bieler has been defining what Jewish American life looks like on screen.
-
With a flag and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ an Israeli Uncle Sam broadcasts love for America
On July 4th — and every day — Shimon Horowitz, 75, rides his flag-festooned tricycle on an Israeli boardwalk
-
Bintel Brief Do I have to attend a wedding with my half-brother from my father’s affair?
“A Bintel Brief” advises a listener navigating a complex situation with a lost sibling
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Exclusive Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you
- 2
Culture 70 years ago, this Jewish choreographer predicted our epidemic of loneliness and isolation
- 3
Opinion Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews
- 4
Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Dan Bilzerian wants to ‘kill Israelis’ and thinks Judaism is ‘terrible.’ Now he’s running for Congress.
-
Fast Forward After AIPAC-backed primary loss, Tom Malinowski endorses rival who says Israel committed genocide
-
Opinion Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next
-
Opinion Hungary is poised to topple an authoritarian leader. American Jews have something to learn
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
