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In ‘The Order,’ starring Marc Maron and Jude Law enters the heart of white nationalist darkness

In ‘The Order,’ starring Marc Maron and Jude Law enters the heart of white nationalist darkness

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published December 11, 2024
Can ‘September 5,’ a film about Israeli hostages in a time of Israeli hostages, survive the news cycle?

Can ‘September 5,’ a film about Israeli hostages in a time of Israeli hostages, survive the news cycle?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published December 1, 2024
Jason Alexander, center, performs some Fiddler in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Courtesy of La Mirada Theatre PJ Grisar

Jason Alexander lives out a lifelong dream, playing Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published October 31, 2024
How to become the ultimate old fart with the 'The Old Jewish Men’s Guide to Eating, Sleeping & Futzing Around.

How to become the ultimate old fart with the ‘The Old Jewish Men’s Guide to Eating, Sleeping & Futzing Around.

By PJ Grisar
Published September 16, 2024
Children dancing at Kibbutz Ginegar, 1947. (Kluger Zoltan/Israel GPO)

Why ‘Hava Nagila’ is TV’s new fight song

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published June 17, 2024
Hitler and the Nazis makes use of colorized archival footage — some from Leni Riefenstahl — as well as reenactments.

Is this a Hitler documentary worth watching?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published June 5, 2024
Kafka and two men with suspicious intentions. Photo by ORF/Superfilm/Nicole Albiez

New miniseries unravels the life of the most famous Jewish insurance clerk

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published June 2, 2024
Jerry Seinfeld said that network sitcoms lost their sizzle. Photo by Jeffery Neira/ NETFLIX

In Seinfeld’s newest kvetch, a tale of two Pop-Tart jokes

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 29, 2024
Women’s auxiliaries and SS officers enjoy music not far from the barracks of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 24, 2024
New Matzo Box

Done with gefilte dogs, Manischewitz launches a new look in time for Pesach

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published March 26, 2024
The historical drama ‘The Zone of Interest’ focuses on the SS Nazi Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss who lives with his family in a home next to the concentration camp.

At Oscars, ‘Zone of Interest’ director calls out ‘Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked’ by Israel

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published March 10, 2024
Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan record “We Are the World.” Courtesy of Netflix

Why ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ is must see TV

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published February 8, 2024
Acting legend Carl Weathers and his manager, Matt Luber.

When Carl Weathers dedicated a Torah scroll

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published February 6, 2024
The a Jew-ish list of 2024 Golden Globe nominees

The a Jew-ish list of 2024 Golden Globe nominees

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published December 13, 2023
Kanye West at Milk Studios for an Adidas + KANYE WEST partnership announcement on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

In a new track, Kanye explains why he can’t be antisemitic

By PJ Grisar, THE FORWARD
Published November 20, 2023
The Thing, Peter Parker and Miles Morales in “An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah.”

Spider-Man is about to dip apples in honey with The Thing

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published September 14, 2023
Stan Lee movie poster. Courtesy Disney +

The real story buried in the Disney+ Stan Lee documentary

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published June 21, 2023
Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman’s new special is her best argument yet for loving Jews (with digestive issues)

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published May 29, 2023
Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt in Parade.

The 2023 Tonys love dead Jews (and some living ones)

By PJ Grisar
Published May 2, 2023
Property of The Hudson Union Society. Taken 1/25/11, during the event with talk show host, actor, game show host, political pundit, radio personality, former news anchor, and former Mayor of Cincinnati, Jerry Springer. He's even had an opera written about him. Photo taken by Justin Hoch - www.jhoch.com.

Jerry Springer, son of Jewish refugees and star of TV’s most controversial show, dies at 79

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 27, 2023
Grogu (aka “Baby Yoda”), and Din Djarin exemplify the Jewish concept of l’dor v’dor. Photo by ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM

Is ‘The Mandalorian’ the most Jewish sci-fi series ever?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 25, 2023
Cory Michael Smith as Varian Fry, Amit Rahav as Thomas Lovegrove and other cast members in Transatlantic. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

New Netflix show ‘Transatlantic’ chronicles an effort to save artists and thinkers from Nazis

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 3, 2023
Marc Maron in From Bleak to Dark. Courtesy of HBO

You want it darker? Marc Maron’s game.

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published February 21, 2023
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Richard Belzer, comedian and Jewish TV cop for all seasons, dies at 78

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published February 19, 2023
In season 4 of ‘Fauda,’ Israeli tactics come under fire — and so do the show’s heroes

In season 4 of ‘Fauda,’ Israeli tactics come under fire — and so do the show’s heroes

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published January 23, 2023
Adolf Eichmann’s trial was missing a crucial piece of evidence: a tape of his confession. Photo by Wikimedia Commons

In ‘The Devil’s Confession,’ Adolf Eichmann hangs himself with his own words

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published January 19, 2023
23 totally accurate and sane Jewish pop culture predictions for 2023

23 totally accurate and sane Jewish pop culture predictions for 2023

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published January 2, 2023
Every American Hanukkah special, movie and TV episode worth knowing about

Every American Hanukkah special, movie and TV episode worth knowing about

By PJ Grisar
Published December 13, 2022
Courtesy https://www.cocainebear.movie/

Does the Talmud warn us about this ‘Cocaine Bear’?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published December 5, 2022
Jon Stewart gave a funny, perceptive analysis of recent antisemitism scandals on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Image by YouTube

Jon Stewart is right about how to fight antisemitism — and should maybe be our ‘spokesjew’

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published November 16, 2022
Steven Spielberg’s long ride down memory lane is a Jewish boy’s dream movie — literally

Steven Spielberg’s long ride down memory lane is a Jewish boy’s dream movie — literally

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published November 14, 2022
Dave Chappelle tried to walk a difficult line on "Saturday Night Live" this week. NBC/Will Heath/NBC

Dave Chappelle got one thing right in his already infamous SNL monologue

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published November 13, 2022
Jeff Wilbusch, as Avraham Avraham, shows deep empathy for a suspect in a hotdog suit. Photo by Heidi Gutman/Peacock

Meet the Talmud-quoting, hotdog-whispering detective from Peacock’s latest show

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published November 8, 2022

Candace Owens says no ‘honest person’ thought Kanye’s tweet was antisemitic

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published October 13, 2022
coolio

RIP Coolio. How he breathed new life into Psalm 23

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published September 29, 2022
Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller and Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. Courtesy of Netflix

In ‘Blonde,’ Arthur Miller is Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish husband, and we all know what that means (don’t we?)

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published September 20, 2022
Forest animals flee hunters in “The Original Bambi.” Illustration by Alenka Sotler

Is ‘Bambi’ about Jewish persecution, Zionism or something else?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published August 21, 2022
Alex Jones steps outside of the Travis County Courthouse Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022 © BRIANA SANCHEZ/AMERICAN-STATESMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK

Wait, did Alex Jones’ lawyer really invoke the Holocaust to defend his client?

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published August 4, 2022
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How new movie ‘Nope’ spotlights Jewish prophets and mitzvahs

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published July 28, 2022
In “Holy Lands,” James Caan plays a secular American Jew who moves to Israel to escape the drama of his family — and to raise pigs. (Cinedigm) 

Remembering James Caan, the Jewish, tough-guy actor

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published July 7, 2022

The most Jewish songs from Drake’s new album

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published June 21, 2022
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman in “Better Call Saul.” Photo by Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television

Jimmy, Saul or David? How ‘Better Call Saul’ upends a biblical rivalry

By PJ Grisar, The Forward
Published April 19, 2022
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