St. Louisan's new idea to give your Hanukkah gifts some extra flair.
You have eight nights of gifts to give, which means eight gifts to wrap, but are you just going to use a regular piece of wrapping paper? If you're looking to expand your wrapping...
(JTA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to condemn a Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend, claiming that those asking him to condemn the Nazi rally are trying to “smear” him.
A video of the Orlando rally that spread on...
Seth Rogovoy, Forward
• Published September 29, 2021
The landmark TV series “The Sopranos,” whose six-season run came to an end in 2007, is getting a brief resurrection with “The Many Saints of Newark,” a prequel that begins airing in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday, Oct. 1. While the original...
(JTA) — A daughter of Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most celebrated authors, alleges that he physically abused her beginning in her childhood.In “Something Disguised As Love,” an autobiography released in Hebrew on Sunday, Galia Oz writes that “my...
Spoiler alert: This article contains information about scenes and plot points in “Borat 2.”(JTA) — Sacha Baron Cohen’s new “Borat” sequel features plenty of crude gags and surprise appearances — sometimes colliding, as in the already infamous...
(JTA) — The year 2018 was a hectic and often bewildering one for the global Jewish community. From the U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the past 12 months brought surprises and shocks, and in ways that often divided...
The Israeli army uncovering a terror tunnel running from the southern Gaza Strip to Israel, May 5, 2016. (Courtesy of the Israel Defense Forces)(JTA) — Hamas is digging more than six miles of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel each month and some are...
The New Jewish Theatre’s 19th season will feature five plays that examine the full range of the human condition reflected through the lens of the Jewish experience. The season opener, Oct. 8 to Nov. 1, will be the Neil Simon classic, “The Sunshine...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 30, 2014
Mitchell Bard, one of the leading authorities on U.S. Middle East policy, warns in his book “Death to the Infidels” that Islamic extremism in the aftermath of the so-called Arab Spring has reached a fever pitch, making it increasingly unlikely that...
Israeli paratroopers inspect the entrance of a tunnel they discovered in the northern Gaza Strip, July 18, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash 90) (JTA) — Until this latest war, if you asked most Israelis about the threat from Gaza, they would probably...
Betty Rosenberg Perlov NEW YORK (JTA) — On her 96th birthday, Betty Rosenberg Perlov became a published children’s author, fulfilling a decades-long pursuit to write a book. The Sept. 1 release of “Rifka Takes a Bow” capped a lifetime of creative...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 21, 2013
Philip Roth, one of the world’s most acclaimed living Jewish authors, is shown in a new PBS “American Masters” biography to be at peace with his recent decision to give up writing after a remarkable and often controversial career. The documentary,...
