Back in the summer of 2016, a modestly budgeted thriller called "The Accountant" was released in theaters. Directed by Gavin O'Connor ("Miracle," "Warrior") and starring Ben Affleck as an autism-afflicted financial wizard who moonlights as an assassin,...

Natan Sharansky, the human rights activist and former chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is returning to St. Louis as a keynote speaker for the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival in November. Sharansky, who spent nine years in Soviet prison after...

(JTA) — The banner, dragged by a plane last week across the Florida sky, looked disconcerting. “Jew, I have a question,” it said. Certainly it was a moment made for Twitter, attracting both jokesters and antisemitism watchdogs. A tweet...

Fans of the greatest pop group of all time with a Hebrew name received a special treat after decades of waiting Thursday. In a livestream the band not only debuted a new song, but announced they will reunite for the first time in 40 years with a new album,...

(JTA) — At a key moment in the new Netflix film “Worth,” Kenneth Feinberg, the real-life architect of the compensation fund for 9/11 victims, is shown overwhelmed by the monumental emotional toil of the job. At a town hall meeting for victims’...

We are just four days away from Rosh Hashanah and the start of Hebrew Year 5782. To get your sweet tooth ready for apples and honey, Rick Recht, the executive director of JKids Radio, Jewish Rock Radio and Songleader Boot Camp, has selected as...

(JTA) — Greece has appointed a health minister who defended the antisemitic writings of his father in court more than a decade ago. Thanos Plevris, who was named to his post as part of a government reshuffle, said Wednesday in a statement that he...

Look, a pandemic that endures can force any man or woman to do crazy things. A quarantine-induced living room rearrangement only a few days after rearranging it for a second time, or the sixteenth attempt on sourdough bread baking. It happens. For...

This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission. Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on this day, Aug. 30, in 1797 in London. Shelley is best known as the author of the Gothic novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern...

It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do. So, to better answer the question...