Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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The Schmooze Movie News: A Spielberg-Kushner ‘West Side Story,’ A Second ‘Passion Of The Christ’
Movie news is well and good, but seems to pale in the wake of the most fascinating developments from late last week: The Nutella riots in France. According to a January 26 report from the BBC, after Intermarché supermarkets across France began offering a substantial discount on the chocolate hazelnut spread, people began to battle…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks With Jane Eisner, And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Thursday is part of the weekend, right? This week, definitely: On Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice and pop culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg will speak with Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner at Washington D.C.’s Adas Israel Congregation. While the event itself is sold out, the Forward will be livestreaming it; learn how to watch it, here….
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The Schmooze Movie News: Oscar Nominations, ‘My Coffee With Jewish Friends,’ Connie Sawyer
This week brought the 2018 Oscar nominations, the single best outcome of which is that now everyone has good reason to use the brilliant photo, above, of nominee Agnes Varda eating an Oscar statuette. It’s applicable in every situation. Angry at the establishment? Consider munching on an Oscar. Trying to figure out who you want…
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Culture He Fought Polar Bears And Nazis And Was Called ‘The Most Unique Jew Alive’
On December 20, 1934, the New York Jewish Daily Bulletin’s Michel Kraike published an article about one Peter Freuchen: “Eight feet tall, weighing close to 330 pounds, with a head like a grizzly bear’s and a thick, square red beard.” Born in Denmark, Freuchen held a series of professions that, to modern ears, might sound…
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Film & TV Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has An Opinion On Everything, From Feminism To Fish
The documentary “RBG,” a chronicle of the life and career of the United States’ most pop culture-prominent Supreme Court Justice, appears to have made a decisive impact at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking with NPR’s Nina Totenberg after the film’s premiere, presented opinions on Kate McKinnon and the #MeToo movement; as…
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The Schmooze ‘Grace And Frankie,’ ‘The Stowaway’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It’s frigid out; the flu is frightful; the government might shut down; hey, at least books still exist. So too, thankfully, does solidarity: This weekend, thousands are predicted to take to the streets in a first-anniversary replica of last year’s Women’s March. In the moments over the next few days when you’re not shivering, sneezing…
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The Schmooze Movie News: Woody Allen And Mark Wahlberg Cause Controversy, Gal Gadot Glows
It’s been quite the week for shocking film and television news: A controversial article accusing Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct elicited dozens of inflamed responses, a scandal over gender pay disparity ripped through Hollywood and, most stunningly of all, “Paddington 2” — which is, in fairness, supposed to be quite good — became the best-reviewed…
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Film & TV The Inspiring True Story Behind The Must-Watch RBG Biopic
It’s difficult to think of a more compelling title for a Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic than that of one forthcoming in 2018: “On the Basis of Sex.” Yet that phrase, which evokes the still-relevant endeavor to ensure that women will not be treated differently than men because of their gender, was not originated by the…
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