This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
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Jay Michaelson pays a visit to John Zorn’s Masada Marathon at the New York City Opera, and re-interprets the four sons of the Haggadah as characters from “Glee.”
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Eli Valley re-interprets the four sons in light of the Egyptian Revolution.
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Philologos has difficulties and questions, both.
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Meredith Ganzman looks back on the career of Rochelle Slovin, founding director of the Museum of the Moving Image.
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Jerome Changes examines the evolution of Jewish and Israeli identity in the 20th century.
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Jake Marmer asks seven poets four questions for National Poetry Month.
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Annette Insdorf appreciates the life and career of Sidney Lumet.
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