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 ‘Twin Peaks’ Returns, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
Is “Twin Peaks,” the famed surrealist crime drama, really Jewish? Not overtly, but the Forward’s Seth Rogovoy, returning to the original series in advance of this weekend’s premiere of its reboot, found a plethora of Jewish characteristics. Read about them here, and catch the first episode of the new series on Sunday. If you’re feeling…
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Culture Is Donald Trump The Subject Of An Actual Witch-Hunt?
This morning, President Trump declared himself to be the subject of “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” With all due respect to the president — I guess — his declaration seems unfounded. That’s partially because witch-hunts are traditionally baseless, where investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election are fueled…
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Culture WATCH: New Documentary Explores Etgar Keret’s World
“Etgar in person is very much like he is on the page, always telling extremely short stories,” Jonathan Safran Foer says, in a new trailer for the upcoming documentary “Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story.” Keret, an Israeli author, has gained a reputation for having a more creative approach to reality than most. In…
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The Schmooze ‘Hamilton’ Star Daveed Diggs Coming To A Small Screen Near You
Daveed Diggs, who originated the roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in “Hamilton” — a performance that earned him both a Tony Award and a spot in the 2016 Forward 50 — will star in a pilot of a new TV show based on the 2013 movie “Snowpiercer.” The film, which starred…
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Culture How The Yom Kippur War Started American Trucker Culture — And Mannheim Steamroller
When I was growing up in Colorado, my father and I would regularly drive by a truck stop slightly north of Denver called Deno’s 6 & 85. We always talked about stopping in, although we never did. With 70s-era bright neon signs advertising steak and cocktails, the roadside restaurant seemed like a home for frank,…
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Culture Tony Kushner Is ‘Wildly Alarmed’ But Still Hopeful
Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the two-part play “Angels in America,” has never been an advocate of absolute pessimism. Written in the height of the AIDS crisis, “Angels in America” confronted the disease’s physical and social ravages — and the heartless, cruel unresponsiveness of the American government — with a transcendent grace, if…
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Culture Israeli Star Of James Bond Spoofs Dies At 74
In 1967, Daliah Lavi did what a number of women have likely dreamed of doing since: She poisoned Woody Allen. Well, not quite. Starring opposite him in the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale,” she tricked him into swallowing an atomic pill that turned him into a human nuclear bomb — the science on this…
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Fast Forward Jean Stein Was Worth $38M When She Plunged To Death From Manhattan Building
Jean Stein, the Upper East Side oral historian who recently jumped to her death at 83 years old, was worth $38.5 million, the New York Post has reported. The Post found details of Stein’s holdings in court papers. Her assets included her $10 million co-op apartment on the Upper East Side, $13.5 million in security…
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