This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
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Stephen Hazan Arnoff reviews two new books on Bob Dylan.
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Joshua Furst goes to see the current revival of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.”
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Philologos tries out Cockney rhyming slang.
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Benjamin Ivry watches the films of documentarian and social critic Frederick Wiseman.
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Gerald Sorin examines a collection of new American Jewish fiction.
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Devra Ferst looks at the history of Jewish children’s literature.
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And Forward arts and culture editor Dan Friedman interviews acclaimed filmmaker and “Shoah” director Claude Lanzmann.
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