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…
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Film & TV
Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ features a Hungarian ‘Gold Train’ filled with Nazi loot. What’s the real story?
The Hungarian Gold Train has taken on mythical proportions, but its reality is in some ways as mind-bending as the plot of Natasha Lyonne’s show.
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Film & TV A visionary artist’s life cut short at 26 by the Nazis
A new animated film tells the tragic story of Charlotte Salomon who died at Auschwitz in 1943
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They profited from Nazi war crimes; their reckoning is far from over
An impassioned new book chronicles the exploits of billionaires who cozied up to the Third Reich
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On Al Pacino’s 82nd birthday, his secret Jewish history
Is Al Pacino one of the great Jewish actors of our time? Hear me out. While best known for portraying characters of Italian and Latino descent – think Michael Corleone of “The Godfather” films, Carlito Brigante of “Carlito’s Way,” and Tony Montana of “Scarface,” Pacino has an arm’s-length resumé of portraying Jews in film and…
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8 ways to celebrate Barbra Streisand’s 80th birthday
To try and snag tickets to 'Funny Girl' or to watch 'What's Up, Doc?'
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The year was 1897. Here’s what Jews were doing.
125 years ago, the Forverts entered a vibrant Jewish world
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Mira Lehr’s art grapples with climate change and environmental destruction. Somehow, it’s still optimistic.
The Miami-based artist sees the rising ocean levels in her own yard. But even as her art shows the dangers of climate destruction, she still has hope we can turn it around.
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I share a birthday with the Forward. As it turns out, so do a lot of people and things.
The Forward's first issue was published 125 years ago. I came decades later. And a bunch of other things happened on April 22.
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Remembering the only Jew on the first Freedom Ride – 75 years ago
Igal Roodenko, who received a 22-day prison term for his action, was the only Jewish participant on the trip, which led to the better known Freedom Rides of 1961.
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Books A.J. Jacobs on Jews, puzzles and how Sondheim changed American crosswords forever
The 'Puzzler' author shares his Wordle insights - and his puzzle collection.
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In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel
The mind-bending Netflix hit isn't afraid of diving deep and getting weird in its hallucinatory newest installment.
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