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A Gross tale of traveling to Chelm and back
The Lost Shtetl: A Novel Max Gross HarperCollins, 416pp, $27.99 What if the Jews of a forest shtetl were so dismayed or disinterested by their Polish neighbors of the First World War era that they just lost touch with their co-nationalists? That’s the central conceit of “The Lost Shtetl,” the debut novel by Max Gross…
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December 3-10: the Forward partners with Other Israel Film Festival
Purchase film tickets here. Following your ticket purchase, you will be sent a link to register for the Q&As. The Forward is excited to once again partner with the Marlene Meyersen JCC Other Israel Film Festival, a leading supporter and promoter of Israeli cinema. The film festival, which will be held virtually via streaming, seeks…
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Danny Elfman drops his first solo song in 36 years — of course it’s spooky
Danny Elfman, the Pumpkin King himself, has released his first solo song in 36 years. He’s been saving up a whole lot of eerie energy. In a statement, the perennial Tim Burton film scorer said he originally wrote the new track, “Happy,” for Coachella 2020 as an “absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a…
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Film & TV Remembering Sean Connery with the secret Jewish history of James Bond
James Bond's Jewish roots are evident everywhere from "Dr. No" to "Skyfall"
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Books Nicole Krauss’s debut short story collection is an argument against staying calm
“To Be a Man” By Nicole Krauss Harper, 240 pages, $21.59 Noa, the teenage protagonist and narrator of Nicole Krauss’s short story “End Days,” wakes up with two disasters on her mind: the wildfires that have just “jumped the borders” into Los Angeles, where she lives, and her parents’ impending divorce. Compared to one couple’s…
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December 4: Jodi Rudoren to join ‘Women to Watch Impact Summit’
This talk will take place on Friday, December 4 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m PT. Register here. Whether you’ve joined JWI at Women to Watch and couldn’t wait to come again, or you’ve never been and have wanted to go… this is your best opportunity to fully experience JWI. They have innovated a…
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9 spooky, Jew-y films to watch for Halloween (8 of which aren’t ‘Hubie Halloween’)
Craving spooky, scary, Jewish viewing for Halloween? We've got you covered
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Joe Klein has harsh words for Miles Taylor, a very different ‘Anonymous’
Before Miles Taylor, there was Joe Klein. Klein was a reporter at Newsweek when he anonymously published “Primary Colors,” a bestselling roman à clef informed by his coverage of the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign. In the summer of 1996 — after months of denial — Klein admitted he was, in fact, Anonymous. So, what…
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Michael Cohen is on Cameo — here’s what you should make him say
After years of following the every whim of Donald Trump, the man who served as consigliere and pit bull attorney to the president, then called him a racist before Congress, is prepared to say whatever you want him to — for the price of $100. Yes, Michael Cohen has a Cameo. For the uninitiated, Cameo…
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December 5: Interview with Maya Zinshtein, director of ‘Til Kingdom Come
This talk will take place on Saturday, December 5 at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT. Purchase film tickets here. Following your ticket purchase, you will be sent a link to register for the Q&A. The Forward is excited to once again partner with the Marlene Meyersen JCC Other Israel Film Festival, a leading…
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The true grit of the Jews who fought by John Brown’s side
August Bondi, Theodore Wiener and Jacob Benjamin helped the abolitionist cause
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