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Talya Zax

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Talya Zax is the Forward’s innovation editor. Contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @TalyaZax.

Seeing triple. (Photos/Courtesy of Harper, Amsterdam Publishers)
Posted inBooks

This Auschwitz book trend has got to stop — the sooner the better

Talya Zax by Talya Zax June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. To the publishing industry: I am begging you, please, […]

Eden Golan performs for Israel at the Eurovision Grand Final, May 11, 2024. (Photo/Sarah Louise Bennett-EBU)
Posted inMusic

Israel’s Eden Golan places fifth at the Eurovision Song Contest

Talya Zax by Talya Zax May 13, 2024May 13, 2024
Eden Golan, rehearsing “Hurricane” at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. (Photo/Sarah Louise Bennett-European Broadcasting Union)
Posted inMusic

Eden Golan’s impossible mission — conquer Eurovision and redefine Israel’s image

Talya Zax by Talya Zax May 9, 2024
Richard Serra in 2005. (Photo/Oliver Mark)
Posted inArt

How S.F.-born sculptor Richard Serra found infinity within the void

Talya Zax by Talya Zax April 4, 2024April 4, 2024
Toby (Jesse Eisenberg, center) stars in “Fleishman is in Trouble.” (Photo/FX Studios)
Posted inTV

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ — but in this show, so is everyone else

Talya Zax by Irene Katz Connelly, Talya Zax and Forward November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim died Nov. 26. (Photo/Forward-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inTheater

The last and greatest gift Stephen Sondheim gave us

Talya Zax by Talya Zax and Forward November 29, 2021

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