PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
PJ Grisar
By PJ Grisar
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Plumbers Waive Fees For 95-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor
Two Arab-Israeli plumbers shocked a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor when their hard work on a major leak added up to an unexpected total of zero. Brothers Simon and Salim Matari made a house call to Haifa resident Rosa Meir, the Times of Israel reported. WHen the plumber brothers learned that she was a survivor, they refused…
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Fast Forward 37% Of House Republicans Set To Censure Adam Schiff
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is expected to face a vote of condemnation when Congress resumes after the high holidays, whether he does teshuvah or not. House Republicans, led by Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, are planning to take a vote to formally condemn Schiff, one of the leaders of the Trump impeachment probe, Politico…
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Fast Forward A German City Retracted An Artist’s Prize Over BDS. Now A Museum Will Give It Independently.
The Germany city of Aachen walked back its support for an award for a Lebanese-American artist over concerns about his stance on the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement (BDS) — but he’ll receive the prize anyway, thanks to a defiant art institution. The artist, Walid Raad, was set to receive a €10,000 prize from the…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Father Of 3 Ordered By Judge To Stop With The Sex Parties
An Orthodox father of three appears to be leading a life that is not completely kosher. No, he’s not sneaking bacon, he’s holding sex parties in his East Village apartment — and charging for entry, which allegedly violates the terms of his lease. On Friday, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice ruled that 33-year-old Avraham Adler,…
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Fast Forward An Orthodox Jewish Group Honored Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Florida Fixers,’ Now Part Of Impeachment Probe
The leader of a national Orthodox group has committed to reviewing the criteria for awards recipients after learning two recent honorees are wanted for questioning in the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. In March, National Council of Young Israel, an umbrella group for a network of Orthodox synagogues, awarded Lev Parnas and Igor…
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Culture About That Time Jesus Fought Hitler On ‘Preacher’
The Platinum Age of television has given us has given us the Jesus-Hitler showdown we didn’t know we wanted — and it’s not even pay-per-view. Spoilers ahead. Last Sunday, on the series finale of “Preacher,” the Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen-produced AMC adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic of the same name, the…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Found In Public School In Heavily Jewish Suburban County, Second Instance In Three Weeks
Three swastikas were found in a middle school in Pelham, NY, prompting the school administration to call in the police and educate the student body on the significance of the symbol. Two of the swastikas were found in a boys bathroom in Pelham Middle School this week, a student paper reported. Last Friday, a Pelham…
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Culture Bob Woodward Booed At Shul For Talking Over Weinstein Reporters
On October 2 at the Sixth & I synagogue in Washington, DC, celebrated investigative journalist Bob Woodward interviewed Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse story. It didn’t go so well. According to audience members who posted their reactions to social media, Woodward, whose…
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