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Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
Though Dylan and Streisand's voices may seem ill-suited to each other, the two complement each other gorgeously on 'The Very Thought of You'
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J.D. Salinger’s Books Will Finally Make The Leap To Digital
Like many a student of the American school system, I remember my English-class issued copy of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” — a threadbare, dog-eared volume with names stretching back decades written on the inside cover. While that novel has fallen somewhat out of favor among the Gen Z cohort, the book is…
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Sept. 12: Montclair, NJ: ‘Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel’ Screening + Q&A
Please join the Forward at a screening of “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel” on September 12 in Montclair, New Jersey. The film, about Israel’s Cinderella run at the 2017 World Baseball classic, has been playing to sold-out audiences around the country. The screening will be at 7 p.m. at the Bow Tie Clairidge…
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Film & TV Between East And West Jerusalem, ‘Our Boys’ Shows Two Sides Of A Tragedy
Five years ago, the murder of four teens sparked a 50-day war between Gaza and Israel. It began on June 12, 2014, when three Israeli Jewish adolescents hitchhiking home from an Israeli settlement in the West Bank went missing. Their disappearance led to a wide-ranging search for their abductors, called “Operation Brother’s Keeper,” which saw…
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Sept. 7: Manhattan: New York Press Club’s Panel
Forward staff writer Ari Feldman will speak on a panel at the New York Press Club’s annual conference. A winner of one of the organization’s prestigious awards, Ari will explain his work, which consists mostly of in-depth features on the religion beat, as well as his writing and reporting process. He’ll be on the panel,…
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Happy 80th Birthday To “The Wizard Of Oz”
“The Wizard of Oz”, which debuted in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on August 12, 1939, remains one of the most influential musical films ever made in Hollywood, in part because of its Jewish inspiration. The film’s wide audience has always included Jewish spectators. The historian Adele Reinhartz has recalled the “religious” devotion with which her Canadian Jewish…
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Why Son Of Sam Was Bad For The Jews In 1977
Editor’s Note: David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz was arrested on this day in 1977. We return to this story to examine the impact Berkowitz’s crimes had on the Jewish community. The arrest of the Son of Sam in August 1977 was good for the Jews, and it was also bad for the Jews. Good because…
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In ‘The Dead Of Jaffa,’ The Past Haunts Israel’s Present
We usually don’t think of a debut feature as made by someone senior, especially if the filmmaker is one of the figureheads of Israeli culture. And yet, this is the case with Ram Loevy’s “The Dead of Jaffa,” which premiered recently at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and which will go into theatrical release in Israel…
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Silver Jews Front Man David Berman Has Died At 52
Musician and writer David Berman, whose provocatively-named band Silver Jews brought poetry to the ragged world of ‘90s indie rock, has died at age 52. Berman’s label, Drag City, announced his passing on August 7. It did not share a cause of death. Known for his cryptic, verbose lyrics, steady baritone and resistance to performing…
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David Grossman’s ‘A Horse Walks Into A Bar’ To Be A Feature Film
No joke: Israeli author David Grossman’s award-winning “A Horse Walks into a Bar” is coming to a cinema near you. The Australian-American studio Village Roadshow will adapt the 2017 novel into a feature film, Variety reports. The book, which snagged Grossman and his English translator Jessica Cohen the Man Booker International Prize in 2017 and…
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Errol Morris’s Steve Bannon Film Now Has A Distributor
It’s been almost a year since “American Dharma,” Errol Morris’s Steve Bannon documentary, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. In the interim, another Bannon documentary, Allison Klayman’s “The Brink,” came out to considerably more acclaim; FBI Director Christopher Wray identified white nationalism of the kind winked at by Bannon as America’s major source of domestic…
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A Lee Krasner Painting Just Sold For $11.6 Million. But Its 1990 Theft Is Still Unsolved.
The great abstract expressionist painter Lee Krasner had no shortage of drama in her life. Krasner, known for her bold, gestural work, was a celebrated female artist at a time when her field was dominated by men. She continued to stand out at the time of her death in 1984, that year becoming one of…
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