This is the Forward’s coverage of Kabbalah, a major school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
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Culture Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both?
Born 300 years ago, the legendary libertine had a utilitarian relationship to faith
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Culture There’s more to Madonna’s Jewish story than just Kabbalah and social media posts about Israel
The pop star was exposed to Judaism from an early age and studied with a choreographer whose work was infused with Jewish themes
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Film & TV Why ‘pi’ is Darren Aronofsky’s best — and most Jewish — film
Now showing in IMAX, the film was inspired by the director’s trip to Israel
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Culture Why conspiracy theorists keep turning to Jewish mysticism — from early Nazis to modern-day MAGA
A viral clip of a Trump supporter blissfully misunderstanding Jewish mystic numerology raised old questions about how Kabbalah is understood by the public
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Film & TV Why Jewishness — and Kabbalah — are key to understanding HBO’s ‘The Rehearsal’
On Nathan Fielder’s new show, the controversial comedian creates a series of small worlds
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Yiddish World Yiddish artists collective is launched in Melbourne
A new Yiddish artists collective in Melbourne has released two videos of mystical Yiddish poetry set to music. The artists collective, called “Di Farborgene Khalyastre” (“The Gang of the Concealed”), took the name from a major Yiddish cultural avant-garde movement in Warsaw in the early 1920s which brought together poets, novelists dedicated to European expressionism,…
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Culture With a new score and new ideas, ‘The Golem’ is a must for your Jewish Halloween
How do you breathe new life into an age-old tale of creation? With a little help from the bassist of The Flaming Lips. On Oct. 28, Jewish arts and culture non-profit Reboot is launching “The Golem Rescored” a digital series that adds a fresh score to the 1920 German Expressionist classic “The Golem: How He…
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Culture Can Kabbalah explain the most mystifying new movie on Amazon?
I was in sixth grade when I first heard about “the greatest anime of all time,” an epic of teen angst and robot-on-monster violence called “Neon Genesis Evangelion.” I can’t remember the name of the kid who told me about it — only that he was a grade older and I very much wanted his…
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