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Benjamin Ivry

Forward contributor

Sesame Street characters performing
Posted inTV

Why Jews will miss the Corporation of Public Broadcasting terribly

by Benjamin Ivry August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Since 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has […]

Alcatraz Island (Bernard Sprague via Flickr)
Posted inBay Area

The secret Jewish history of Alcatraz

by Benjamin Ivry May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Voice of America broadcasters addressing Russian audiences at work in 1978. (Library of Congress)
Posted inOpinion

Targeted by Trump for oblivion, the Voice of America once nurtured the dreams of Jews worldwide

by Benjamin Ivry March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
The 1902 funeral of Rabbi Jacob Joseph (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBooks

How the biggest antisemitic riot in America transformed Jewish history 

by Benjamin Ivry November 26, 2024November 26, 2024
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inOpinion

The humorless cruelty of Trump supporters is an insult to the Jewish tradition of insult comedy

by Benjamin Ivry October 29, 2024October 29, 2024
Ruth Westheimer asks comedian Richard Lewis, "How did you get so crazy?" in an episode of "Ask Dr. Ruth."
Posted inObituaries

Ruth Westheimer — woman of valor, Lion of Judah and America’s most famous sexologist

by Benjamin Ivry July 15, 2024July 15, 2024
Mikhail Gorbachev at Edinburgh Airport at the end of a week-long trip to the U.K., Dec. 21, 1984. (Photo/JTA-Bryn Colton-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev’s mixed legacy on the Jews

by Benjamin Ivry and Forward August 31, 2022
Dean Stockwell in his iconic role as Al in "Quantum Leap." (Photo/NBC Universal)
Posted inFilm

How Dean Stockwell, dead at 85, fought antisemitism and inspired Jewish moviegoers

by Benjamin Ivry and Forward November 10, 2021

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