This Week in Forward Arts and Culture

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Benjamin Ivry retrospects to the work of surrealist painter Felix Nussbaum.
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Philologos unpacks the reference to Cordoba in “Cordoba House.”
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Joel Schalit sends a letter from Berlin about living in “Eurabia.”
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Jerome A. Chanes reads Robert Alter’s reading of the King James Bible.
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Forward Editor Jane Eisner reviews Sharon Pomerantz’s debut novel “Rich Boy,” a book about Philadelphia Jews from the wrong side of the tracks.
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Joshua Furst goes to see Randy “The Ethicist” Cohen’s play, “The Punishing Blow” (which he previously wrote about for The Arty Semite, here).
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On The Sisterhood, Sarah Seltzer puts together a ‘Women’s Equality Day’ reading list and weighs in on the fracas over Jonathan Franzen’s new novel and The New York Times’ reviewing practices.
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If you missed our “3 Alicias 3” event on August 24, you can watch the video here.
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And on the Forverts Video Channel, Alex Dafner reports from Australia’s “Yiddish Melbourne” radio show:
Yiddish Melbourne – SBS Yiddish Radio Program from Forverts on Vimeo.
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