This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
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“Casino Jack,” the Jack Abramoff biopic starring Kevin Spacey, opens today. Read our review from the Toronto International Film Festival here.
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Joshua Furst bugs out at an Icelandic adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” featuring music by Nick Cave.
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Jo-Ann Mort reads through two of the Arab world’s pre-eminent poets.
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Gordon Haber investigates one of New York’s biggest wheeler-dealers.
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Philologos tests the waters.
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Tom L. Freudenheim admires the paintings of neglected Jewish artist Meijer de Haan.
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Jake Marmer delves into the poetry of Aharon Shabtai.
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And on the heels of today’s post about “A Jewish Girl in Shanghai,” Ross Perlin, “A New York Jew in China,” takes a look at Chinese attitudes toward Jews:
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