This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
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By Ezra Glinter March 6, 2011
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A.J. Goldmann talks to Israeli filmmaker Jonathan Sagall, about his new film “Lipstikka,” which recently premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Jan Ellen Spiegel looks at a new exhibit of Jewish-themed art by Norman Gorbaty, who is just being discovered at the age of 78.
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Benjamin Ivry revisits the legacy of hotel architect Morris Lapidus, whose over-the-top designs were often the subject of critical scorn.
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Philologos digs up 10 Yiddish words for “potato.”
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Jenna Weissman Joselit reminds us that church and state in America aren’t always as separate as we think.
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Allison Yarrow reviews “The Gospel of Anarchy,” the debut novel by Justin Taylor.
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