PJ Grisar is a Forward culture reporter. He can be reached at grisar@forward.com and @pjgrisar on Twitter.
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Theater A neglected Jewish pioneer is having her say — this time in a musical
‘Double Helix’ tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, DNA and life itself
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Film & TV Daveed Diggs is playing a crab — is that kosher?
The Jewish star of 'Hamilton' and 'Blindspotting' voices Sebastian in the live action 'Little Mermaid'
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Film & TV In three films, a tale of three Jewish New Yorks
Film Forum is presenting ‘Uncle Moses,’ ‘Hester Street’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ as part of its series on New York City
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Film & TV Forget ‘Dial of Destiny’ — the hottest Indiana Jones film is Barbra Streisand whipping Harrison Ford
A rare outtake from ‘Temple of Doom’ raises some interesting questions
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Theater He was Germany’s most popular playwright — here’s why you may not have heard of him
Jewish writer Ernst Toller lived the radical ideals he expressed in his plays
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Art Why’s a microwave baking matzo? And why does that 400-year-old menorah have a lightbulb?
Artist Mark Podwal's woodcuts bring a fresh take on 16th century images to Eldridge Street
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Film & TV Elon Musk doesn’t understand George Soros — or Magneto — but he’s great at antisemitism
On Twitter, Musk compared two very different Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward George Santos: ‘You sit in a room with a lot of Jews, you’re f—ed’
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