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Is Alexander Portnoy White?
It’s struck me lately that the American writer perhaps most deeply associated with White Male Writer-ness is one who made his name writing fiction about identity. Google “Philip Roth” and “white male” and you find an endless stream of essays that offer up Roth as a prime example of the white male literary novelist. As…
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This 101-Year-Old’s Uncle Was the Strongest Jew in the World
Editor’s Note: On December 5, Martha Gold died at 101. As a tribute to her, we are re-publishing her interview with Laurie Gwen Shapiro about Martha’s uncle Max Rosenstock, who at one time was known as the strongest man in the world. When you get word there’s a 101-year-old who’s a historic witness to a…
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The Secret Jewish History of Jackie Kennedy
Now that Jackie Kennedy is being portrayed onscreen by the most famous Israeli-born actress in the world, it’s worth looking closely at the former first lady’s life to pick up the Jewish strands she left behind. 1) Although Jacqueline Bouvier boasted Anglo-Irish and French ancestry, that didn’t stop some from falsely claiming Jewish heritage for…
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At Launch of Forward Anthology, A Celebration of Yiddish Fiction
Should you have happened, the evening of December 5th, to be taking a stroll on Manhattan’s 16th street, allowing yourself a romantic sigh over the Christmas trees winking in the windows, you would likely not have guessed you were especially close to a gathering of giddy Yiddishists. And yet you were; the Center for Jewish…
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Was Polish Culture Institute Director Fired For Too Much ‘Jewish-Themed Content?’
According to an article published yesterday on Artnet, Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska, the director and cultural manager of the Polish Culture Institute in Berlin, was fired from her post for “too much Jewish-themed content,” among other things. Wielga-Skolimowska’s contract was reportedly set to expire in the summer of 2017, but the dismissal order, given by Poland’s ultra…
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Sweepstakes: Have You Got a Story for Us?
If you have a story for us, then we’ve got a book for you! Tell us the first sentence of your Jewish story, and you could be featured in a future article on forward.com! Five random entries will also win a free copy of “Have I Got a Story for You,” an anthology of the…
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6 Things About ‘Babylon Line’ Playwright Richard Greenberg
Tony Award-winning author Richard Greenberg’s new play “The Babylon Line” opened at Lincoln Center on December 5. He recently sat down with the Forward for a lengthy, freewheeling interview. Here are 6 things we talked about. On Aroldis Chapman First of all, he shot up his garage before the Yankees acquired him. So, when we…
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Sure, Bob Dylan Is a Great Artist — but Have You Looked at His Art?
Since Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature in October, his name has not been out of the news. So the timing for the singer-songwriter’s major exhibition of new works at the Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair, central London, could not be better. But, says the gallery’s marketing manager, Ada Crawshay Jones, this is just…
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How We Should Remember Kirk Douglas on His 100th Birthday
Kirk Douglas, who turns 100 on December 9, is both a movie legend and a Hollywood anomaly: a star divided. Most stars lodge in our collective consciousness. Douglas, while a first-magnitude star, was never quite an indelible one, save maybe for the dimple in his chin, never one who seemed to capture the zeitgeist the…
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Richard Greenberg Is Back on His Home Turf — Suburbia
The three women who shriek with excitement when they find themselves in the same classroom are thrilled to see each other — they’re Sisterhood ladies. It’s Levittown, Long Island, in 1967, and they’ve signed up for an adult-ed class in creative writing. It’s clear they don’t really want to be there, both because they tell…
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Go Watch This Documentary About A Holocaust Survivor’s Violin
“Joe’s Violin” (2016), opens with a shot of the titular Joseph Feingold, tuning his violin. He hasn’t played in “8-10 years,” and his fingers look unsteady as he holds the instrument’s neck. After tinkering for a bit, Joseph puts down the violin and asks “how long can you live with memories?” Joseph, one of the…
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