(JTA) — Israel will lift its COVID-related travel ban on visitors from the United States, United Kingdom and several other countries for the first time since restrictions were put in place in November. According to Israeli media, the restrictions on...

The New Jewish Theatre will open up its five-show 24th season with a Neil Simon classic comedy. “We chose to open our season with this play because of its unique humor and because it allows us to continue our exploration of America’s most prolific...

When fighting erupted between Israel and Hamas in early May 2021, passions on both sides of the ongoing conflict raged all across electronic and print media, television screens, and of course social media. Both sides claimed the justification of their...

“This story was originally published on Jan. 4 by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from The Forward delivered to you each morning.” Eighty years ago this month, Warner Brothers released “All Through the Night,” a comedy-drama...

Well, hello there, 2022! We are so happy to see you, but we need to welcome you at arm’s length. You can understand that we are a little hesitant because last year we rolled out the red carpet for 2021, and it kind of did us wrong. It started off...

(JTA) — A fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine increases antibodies fivefold in patients who receive the shots, preliminary findings from an Israeli study show. Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced the news at the Sheba Medical...

“Tree of Life” by Abbie Strauss (Jewish Rock Radio) Tu B’Shvat is coming up, and as a total nature-lover, I love any chance to appreciate the great outdoors! Nature is also full of powerful metaphors that help us understand our place in the world...

Great things happen on planes, a time and space where people can either sleep, talk or read. Thankfully for wrestling fanatics, Jewish St. Louisan Sam Muchnick used a plane trip in 1958 very wisely. Thanks to Ed Wheatley's book, "Wrestling at the Chase,"...

The Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School has appointed Raquel Scharf-Anderson as Mirowitz's next Head of School beginning July 1. According to a letter sent to parents, Scharf-Anderson has spent most of her career in the Jewish day school world....

“The world urgently needs a new way to treat mental health issues, and at PsyRx we believe psychedelics are a big part of the solution,” says Itay Hecht. Hecht is CEO and cofounder of this Israeli company, which is developing standardized pharma-grade...

Movies directed by the Coen brothers (Joel and Ethan) always carry a bitter aesthetic, like getting a glimpse of people living on the edge of society and the rules that encapsulate them. The Jewish brothers' content isn't just edgy, more like darker black...