PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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By PJ Grisar
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Culture If Jews need an excuse to leave Twitter, X marks the spot
The rebrand is yet another sign of a company in bigoted freefall
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Culture Is ‘Barbie’ Jewish? Is ‘Barbie’ Shabbat? Is ‘Barbie’ the Book of Genesis? Four drunk Jews discuss
'Does Barbie have a concept of religion or Jewishness? Depends who plays with her'
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Film & TV At the core of ‘Oppenheimer,’ a debate about how to be Jewish
Christopher Nolan’s explosive film centers a Jew committed to his faith and one who was indifferent to it
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Film & TV The Emmy nominees make a solid case for supporting striking writers and actors
‘Fleishman,’ ‘Maisel’ and other Jewish shows are up for big wins
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Film & TV But what would a ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ mashup actually look like?
‘Barbenheimer’ is trending — and maybe it should be its own movie
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Theater ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick dies at 99
Harnick put words to Jewish life — past and present
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Film & TV The real story buried in the Disney+ Stan Lee documentary
The film overplays the Marvel editor’s contributions — and downplays his Jewishness
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Film & TV Why the filmmaker who launched 1,000 mushroom trips is trying to create a gratitude movement
The ‘Fantastic Fungi’ director, and son of survivors, wants you to appreciate the ‘little things'
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