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PJ Grisar is the Forward’s culture reporter. He can be reached at [email protected].

If you spell Sukkot backwards in Hebrew, you get "tuchus," or butt in Yiddish. (Amazon)
Posted inHolidays

Amazon is selling Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
Noah Rinsky and his guide to being an Old Jewish Man. (Canva/Photo by Liana Satenstein)
Posted inBooks

Old Jewish Men — and all aspiring to that status — now have a guide of their own

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
Adam Brody and Kristen Bell in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
Posted inTV

Why the hot rabbi is having a moment (again)

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
The cover of the Yiddish edition of the second Harry Potter book
Posted inBooks

As the second Yiddish Harry Potter book arrives, J.K. Rowling is she who must not be named

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
Israeli actor Shira Haas as Sabra in the trailer for "Captain America: Brave New World." (Screenshot)
Posted inTV & Film

Did Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ really change an Israeli superhero into a Russian?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar July 17, 2024July 17, 2024
(From left) Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Frenchie (Israeli actor Tomer Capone) and Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) infiltrate a convention for right-wing conspiracy theorists in an episode of "The Boys," which culminates in a superpowered brawl set to a rock version of Hava Nagila. (Jan Thijs/Prime Video)
Posted inTV

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

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
"Hitler and the Nazis" makes use of colorized archival footage — some from Leni Riefenstahl — as well as reenactments. (Photo/Courtesy of Netflix)
Posted inTV

Is Netflix’s new Hitler docuseries worth watching?

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 10, 2024
Kafka and two men with suspicious intentions. (Photo/ORF/Superfilm/Nicole Albiez)
Posted inTV

Wes Anderson meets Franz Kafka in a new streaming series

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar June 3, 2024
(From left) Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana, Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel, Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn, Thomas Lennon as Harold Von Braunhut, Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee and James Marsden as Jack LaLanne in “Unfrosted.” (Photo/John P. Johnson-Netflix)
Posted inFilm

In ‘Unfrosted,’ Jerry Seinfeld plays with his food

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Tony nominees Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz and Bebe Neuwirth as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret. (Photo/Marc Brenner via Foward)
Posted inTheater

In the 2024 Tony nominees, a reminder Jews that don’t always need to work Jewish

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 30, 2024April 30, 2024

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