Talya Zax is the Forward’s opinion editor. Contact her at zax@forward.com or on Twitter, @TalyaZax.
Talya ZaxOpinion Editor
By Talya Zax
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Culture 62 Years Ago Today, the Jewish World Lost Its Greatest Genius
On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein passed away. In the following days, the groundbreaking physicist’s death was met with grief on all fronts. Then-President Dwight Eisenhower eulogized the scientist, commenting “No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of 20th century knowledge.” The New York Times, in an obituary, lauded Einstein’s moral courage,…
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Culture Forward Writers Earn Two Deadline Club Nominations
Two writers for the Forward have been named finalists for the 2017 Deadline Club Awards. Simi Horwitz is a finalist in the category of Reporting by a Newspaper with Circulation Under 100,000 for her three-part series on Hasidic women. The first item of that series focused on the women helming Orthodox newspapers, the next on…
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Culture ‘Oslo,’ Newly Opened On Broadway, Will Head To The Silver Screen
J.T. Rogers’s “Oslo,” which premiered Off-Broadway last spring and opened on Broadway on April 13th, will be moving to the silver screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “La La Land” producer Marc Platt will spearhead the play’s screen adaptation. The film will be directed by Barlett Sher, who has directed both New York productions of…
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Culture ‘Veep’ Takes On Trump’s Washington, And More To Read, Watch, And Do This Weekend
This weekend, as you take breaks from thinking up creative things to do with matzah — it’s a hard pastime to turn away from, we know — turn your attention first to a host of exciting new books. In nonfiction, there’s Dani Shapiro’s memoir “Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage,” Ben Greenman’s “Dig If You Will the…
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Fast Forward Former Marvel Comics Artist Blamed Jews For His Firing
Ardian Syaf, the Indonesian artist recently fired by Marvel over his inclusion of allegedly anti-Semitic and anti-Christian symbols in the newly-released “X-Men Gold #1,” told an Indonesian newspaper that Jews were to blame for his firing. Syaf made the comment in an April 12 interview with Jawa Pos. Heat Street, translating that conversation, wrote that…
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Culture Judith Leiber, Handbag Queen, Was A Jewish Immigrant Success Story
Judith Leiber’s life was one long surprise: Intended by her parents to go into the cosmetics industry, she chose to pursue handbag design, becoming the first female member of the Hungarian Handbag Guild. She survived the Holocaust first by living in a one-bedroom Budapest apartment with 25 other Jews, then in a ghetto basement where…
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Culture WATCH: KISS’s Gene Simmons Delivers Emotional Tribute To Chuck Berry
On April 9, the late, great rock ‘n’ roll icon Chuck Berry was laid to rest. His funeral, a four-hour affair marked by performances by Berry’s collaborators and tributes from fans ranging from Paul McCartney to Bill Clinton (both in absentia), took place at St. Louis’s Pageant Theater. Berry, a St. Louis native, lived there…
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Culture ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Wins Record 9 Olivier Awards
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the two-part stage play that, premiering in London last summer, imagined an adult continuation of J.K. Rowling’s beloved series about teenage magicians, won a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards on April 9. The Oliviers, which are presented annually, are Britain’s top theatrical awards. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the…
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