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forward.com | PJ Grisar
One of the earliest expressions of totalitarianism in German-Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann's novel The Director unfolds in a classroom. In 1930, Jakob, the son of the Expressionist auteur G.W. Pabst, is acclimating to his new school in Austria, after years of being educated in America. His teachers wear the Nazi party uniform. If a pupil speaks out in class, they're made to copy the school rules, in four longhand pages, writing against a wall in the hallway.
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flipboard.com | PJ Grisar
1 hour agoWith summer on the wing, one yearns for outdoor dining and perhaps a bit more adventurous spirit when it comes to drinking wines. Here are several Italian wines I like very much and give good bang for the buck. KALTERN KALTERERSEE CLASSICO SUPERIORE 2024 ($14). True, it doesn’t sound very Italian …
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2 weeks ago |
forward.com | PJ Grisar
In the companion catalogue to Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity, a new retrospective of the social realist artist's work at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan, we learn he didn't like being called a "Jewish artist."That he found the label limiting is no wonder. In a 50-year career, Shahn proved to be one of the most fluid of American artists. His work, in graphic design, magazine covers, museum works, posters, municipal murals and street photography show remarkable range.
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forward.com | PJ Grisar
In a sense, the laudatory, exculpatory and often adversarial two-part documentary tribute to the late actor Paul Reubens, is a final insult. Not because of its content, but its title. The name Pee-wee as Himself highlights a crucial insecurity and paradox of the performer: That Reubens, for all his Garbo-esque desire for privacy, was jealous of the creation, the manic manchild Pee-wee Herman, that allowed for his anonymity.
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forward.com | PJ Grisar
On Monday, Jewish Queer Youth honored a storyteller who, as a seventh grader in Metro Detroit, dreamed of a musical that would celebrate the overlooked figures of the suffrage movement. Rachel Sussman, the Tony-winning producer of Suffs and Alex Edelman's Just for Us, was the inaugural recipient of the Queer Jewish Icon award from JQY, a Manhattan-based organization serving young queer people from Orthodox and Conservative communities with mental health support and a place to be themselves.
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