Jason Schwartzman plays a cantor in upstate New York who has lost his voice, his wife and maybe even his faith but whose life is changed after reconnecting with his grade-school music teacher, played by Carol Kane, who inspired him to become a cantor,...

Viewership for Hollywood award shows has been on the decline in recent years, with many attributing the drop to factors such as politics, negativity and unfunny hosts. However, the announcement of the hosts for the 2024 Emmys may bring a refreshing change,...

For over a century, Hollywood has been the stuff of dreams, synonymous with glitz and glamour. Yet beneath the surface lies a darker, largely untold history of antisemitism that has subtly but powerfully influenced the film industry. In his documentary...

It’s been said that God gives her toughest battles to her strongest soldiers. Parents sending their kids off to college are training in boot camp, prepping to march on the front lines of an emotional combat zone. We need the strength of a full platoon...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that Ye, the rapper whose antisemitic tirades prompted international furor and led to the collapse of his career, is “a really nice guy” with a “good heart.” Trump made the comments Monday during...

“Red” provides 90 minutes of gripping drama in the excellent production at The New Jewish Theatre. The Tony Award–winning play by John Logan is about the great American artist, Mark Rothko. He was born Marcus Rothkowitz in 1903. His first dealer...

Welcome to a new frontier in entertainment storytelling. In a world inundated with reviews and critiques do you ever find yourself overwhelmed? Musical theater specifically always made me feel this way until I learned to give myself more information...

“Stay positive,” we’re told when suffering from an illness. It’s easy to dismiss such comments as platitudes from well-meaning friends. But Technion scientists have demonstrated that activation of the brain’s reward system can boost...

(New York Jewish Week) — “We honeymooned at Kutsher’s in late October 1968,” Barbara Gelman recalled in an oral history for the Borscht Belt Museum. “When we ordered dinner, the waitress enumerated all the desserts, and my new husband simply...

Amid backlash, Adidas has removed social media ads featuring Palestinian-American model and activist Bella Hadid from its new campaign for a reissue of a sneaker originally designed for the 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 members of the Israeli team were...

I’m six months shy of 80 and in two weeks I’ll head from Vermont to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to do 75 minutes of stand-up comedy. Why am I still out there? As Bob Newhart, who died this week at 94, explained, it was worth it to him to take his...

The four actors playing the leads in the Muny Opera’s production of “Fiddler On The Roof” are all Jewish and they all find special meaning in their roles. That was one of the insights they shared during a behind the scenes panel discussion held...