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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Music
This punk rock legend survived the Holocaust — and she’s still singing and fighting
Genya Ravan, who has been making rock 'n' roll history since the 1960's, has no plans to retire
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Art Look closely — Sol LeWitt’s art is a lot more Jewish than you think
A new exhibit of the conceptual artist's work illuminates his religious background (even if it's sometimes hard to see)
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How Ben Foster’s faith and family helped to make him a ‘survivor’
In a new HBO film about boxer Harry Haft, the actor pays homage to his grandmother who escaped pogroms in Romania to come to America
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Film & TV In ‘The Survivor,’ Ben Foster enters the Gray Zone – but doesn’t land a knockout blow
The HBO film tells the true story of boxer Harry Haft
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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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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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News Abdul El-Sayed is courting Jewish voters — without moderating his views on Israel
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News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?
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Culture My father was my hero and, when he was dying, I wrote this song for him
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Fast Forward Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing
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Fast Forward Former antisemitic activist Lucas Gage explains to Jewish podcast why he left the movement