Circus Flora When/Where: Through Oct. 31 at the Big Top in Grand Center Virtual/In-person? In-person RSVP required? Tickets for in-person shows are $10- $85 and available at metrotix.com. Description: As Circus Flora’s storytellers will describe,...

The award-winning English film and television actress Helena Bonham Carter probably could have gone on to a career in diplomacy had acting not so caught her fancy. She certainly had the family legacy: Her grandfather was Eduardo Propper de Callejon,...

We hope you're enjoying our American Mah Jongg strategy series. Previously, we tackled the subject of early-game strategies, this time we'll be progressing through the game and focusing on mid- and end-game strategies.  As we've mentioned before,...

(JTA) — Thanks to safety measures such as vaccination and mask requirements, Broadway shows are playing again after a shutdown that lasted a year and a half, the longest in Broadway history. The first show to open was the Bruce Springsteen concert...

Did you know that the COVID-19 pandemic is officially considered a federal disaster? People impacted by a disaster need immediate and long-term help to understand what is happening, how to understand their reactions, and where to go for help. Fortunately,...

(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — For JoAnn Mason Parker, playing pool comes just as naturally as handling a knife and fork. “You’re not going to drop it, because you know what you’re doing,” the former child prodigy...

Spoiler alert: This article contains plot details from Episode 1 of Season 11 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” (JTA) — Matzo balls, shiva calls and a Yiddish lesson all played a role in the first episode of the 11th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,”...

Nina Gilden Seavey grew up the daughter of a prominent Jewish civil rights attorney here in St. Louis. She graduated from University City High School, attended Washington University, earning a B.A. in history and French literature. Before moving...

(JTA) — Jewishness has been at the fringes of several of Wes Anderson’s movies, but the famed director has never had an explicitly Jewish main character — until now. In “Rushmore,” one of the non-Jewish director’s breakout works, the lead...

Like any normal, Gen X'er, I find myself turning on MTV Classics, more and more. Unlike, normal Gen X'ers, I Google "Jewish connection" after just about any video, and believe it or not, I nearly always find something. This one blew my mind. I was...

(October 21, 2021 / JNS) Researchers at the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The study, published in Science Advances,...