This Week in Forward Arts and Culture

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Jordana Horn checks out the Other Israel Film Festival.
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Benjamin Ivry appreciates Russian Jewish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
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Sherwin Kaufman remembers arriving at Ellis Island almost 90 years ago.
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Yelena Akhtiorskaya takes a poetry lesson from Andrei Codrescu.
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Jacob Silverman reviews “Dolly City” by Orly Castel-Bloom.
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Eryn Loeb compares and contrasts two tongue-in-cheek books about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Philologos examines the integration of Arabic words in contemporary Hebrew.