Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish culture. Here, you’ll learn about the latest (and sometimes earliest) in Jewish art, music, film, theater, books as well as the secret Jewish history of everything and everyone from The Rolling Stones to…
Culture
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What Stephen Sondheim knew about Donald Trump’s would-be assassin — and the American culture that produced him
Sondheim had the idea that would-be presidential assassins are trying to live out a version of the American dream gone rotten
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Art In London, Jewish history is larger than life in a new mural
Leon Fenster’s 9-story tableau features Freud, the golem and Benjamin Disraeli
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Is ‘Momala’ Kamala Harris’ new viral meme moment?’
The 'Brat' memes are already growing old, but another Yiddish-sounding viral moment may be on the campaign's horizon
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An astronaut, kosher Jew and Southern gentleman walk into the VP race: Ranking the Jewishness of Harris’ VP prospects
Our intrepid reporter ponders the kishka connections of the top five contenders: Josh Shapiro, Mark Kelly, Roy Cooper, J.B. Pritzker and Andy Bashear
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New Holocaust memoir shifts the focus from survivors to descendants
'Irena's Gift' tries to untangle the web of inherited trauma
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How a Yiddish playwright — by way of Shakespeare — predicted Biden’s exit
In the Jewish version of King Lear, the title character finds a happy ending. Biden has done the same
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A museum exhibit on Jewish food and humor puts the ‘borscht’ in Borscht Belt
Jewish comedy and cuisine provided an ethnic haven for Jews looking for a break from the big city
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On its final night, the RNC abandons religious diversity
A resounding speech from evangelical Franklin Graham made clear that Republicans see America as a Christian nation
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BINTEL BRIEF She’s married to the king of futzing. Now that he’s retired, should he do more housework?
Bintel readers weigh in on dividing household chores and the tale of two toilets
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Film & TV When Bob Newhart was my rabbi — and I was his
I'm a rabbi and stand-up comic. Newhart, a practicing Catholic, was my inspiration
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Trump says he had God on his side — Bob Dylan knew it was never that simple
In his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump claimed a divine favor that can never be proven
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The RNC is trying to sell big tent Republicanism — but the tent is still Christian
Diversity took center stage throughout the RNC, yet veiled references reassured Trump's Evangelical base that the party is still Christian
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Fast Forward Who is Ella Emhoff? How Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter could affect her run for president
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News What would a Josh Shapiro vice presidency mean for American Jews and Israel?
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Opinion Jewish Republicans are smearing Kamala Harris as anti-Israel. Here’s why you shouldn’t buy it
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News Doug Emhoff: What would it mean if the first first gentleman is Jewish?
In Case You Missed It
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Fast Forward In its first ad targeting Kamala Harris, Republican Jewish Coalition slams her absence from Netanyahu speech
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News Sarah Levy’s great-grandfather faced a Yom Kippur rugby dilemma. She’s playing in the Paris Olympics.
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News Is Kamala Harris a Zionist?
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Art In London, Jewish history is larger than life in a new mural