This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
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On Global Smurf Day, Roi Ben-Yehuda looks at the show’s misogynist and anti-Semitic tendencies.
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Laura Hodes goes to see “The Last Act of Lilka Kadison,” a play at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company about the magic of the theater.
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Josh Lambert lauds “Farm 54,” a series of graphic short stories by brother and sister Gilad and Galit Seliktar set in rural Israel of the 1980s.
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Philologos explains the hubbub in Israel over the wording of the Yizkor prayer.
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Gordon Haber agrees: David Mamet is off his keel.
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Jerome Chanes reviews “Bismark: A Life” by Jonathan Steinberg.
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Lisa Traiger looks back on the career of Liz Lerman as she steps down from leading the Maryland-based Dance Exchange.
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Jordana Horn reviews “The Names of Love” and the trend of ditzy heroines in French films.
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