Out and About: The Poetry of Ethan Coen; Woody Allen Comes Clean
![](https://images.forwardcdn.com/image/970x/center/images/cropped/blog-watts-050911-1425674366.jpg)
-
Filmmaker Ethan Coen is set to publish his second poetry collection, titled “The Day the World Ends,” next near.
-
Shtetl Magazine reviews “The Joyful Child” by Montreal novelist Norman Ravvin.
-
NPR profiles mother-daughter klezmer duo Elaine Hoffman Watts and Susan Watts.
-
Woody Allen spills the beans on life in show business.
-
The U.S. National Archives is launching an online database to track Nazi-looted art.
-
An appreciation of legendary film critic Pauline Kael.
-
JTA has launched an online archive of some quarter-million articles.
A message from our editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren
![](https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jodi-Headshot.jpg)
We're building on 127 years of independent journalism to help you develop deeper connections to what it means to be Jewish today.
With so much at stake for the Jewish people right now — war, rising antisemitism, a high-stakes U.S. presidential election — American Jews depend on the Forward's perspective, integrity and courage.
— Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief