On Global Smurf Day, Roi Ben-Yehuda looks at the show’s misogynist and anti-Semitic tendencies. Laura Hodes goes to see “The Last Act of Lilka Kadison,” a play at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company about the magic of the theater. Josh Lambert lauds “Farm 54,” a series of graphic short stories by brother and sister Gilad and…
Dan Friedman goes to see “Queen of the Sun,” a film about the potentially-catastrophic plight of North American bees. Nathan Jeffay looks into the controversy surrounding the first Jerusalem performance of “Jérusalem,” the Verdi opera about the Crusades. Yevgeniya Traps reviews “You Must Go and Win,” a memoir about trying to make it in the…
Eitan Kensky looks at portrayals of Hasidim in contemporary films and television. Philologos compares and contrasts the recent speeches of Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama. Jenna Weissman Joselit follows the Jewish trek from city to suburbia. Leonard Kriegel reflects on Hank Greenberg, a reluctant Jewish hero. Benjamin Ivry appreciates the life-long work of French-Jewish publisher…
Michael Kaminer talks to Tim Supple, the British-Jewish director of a new pan-Arab production of “One Thousand and One Nights.” Lawrence Grossman reviews a history of the Synagogue in America. Eli Valley’s first comic as the Forward’s artist-in-residence looks at the similarities between the Knesset and Kafka. Susan Tumarkin Goodman leafs through a sketchbook kept…
A.J. Goldmann appreciates Wanda Landowska, the 20th-century champion of the harpsichord. Micah Kelber profiles Jeffrey Yohalem, winner of head writer award from the Writers Guild of America for “Assassin’s Creed.” Laura Hodes reviews Joseph Skibell’s “A Curable Romantic,” which was shortlisted for the Rohr Prize. Philologos lives like God in Odessa. Raphael Mostel goes to…
Gordon Haber reviews Jon Ronson’s “The Psychopath Test,” a book about, well, crazy people. I ponder Jewish music that courts a secular audience with religious material. Joshua Furst believes in the spirit of Tony Kushner’s new play, if not always its execution. Elissa Strauss goes to see the art collection of the Cone Sisters of…
Benjamin Ivry remembers conductor George Szell, who may have been a dictator on the podium, but was no Nazi. Jordana Horn sees “Rabies,” billed as “Israel’s first horror film,” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Jenna Weissman Joselit keeps track of Jewish Time. Philologos is singing in the rain. Steven G. Kellman reviews “Motti,” an offbeat…
In honor of Yom HaShoah, the Forward presents “The Thinking Person’s Guide to the Holocaust,” a selection of the most important literary, historical and artistic works about the Shoah. Rokhl Kafrissen explores the new generation of klezmer music and musicians, including Benjy Fox-Rosen and his new album, “Tick Tock.” Joshua Furst takes a hard look…
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