Talia Suskauer first stepped onto the stage at her synagogue’s preschool as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.” Now, she’s starring as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the national tour of the musical “Wicked.” After making her Broadway...

Being open to interpretation of something makes a human being versatile and ready for anything. Just ask "Orange is the New Black" star, Laura Prepon. The actress, whose father is of Russian Jewish descent, announced this week that she left Scientology...

From Groucho Marx to the Borscht Belt to Sarah Silverman, many of America’s best-known comedians have been Jewish. And so important is humor to Jewish culture that a landmark study on American Jewish identity in 2013 found that 42 percent of American...

(Israel21c) - The elderly population appears to be more vulnerable to Covid-19, and vaccines are less effective in protecting them. Now we know why. For her doctoral thesis under the guidance of immunology Prof. Doron Melamed, Technion-Israel Institute...

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...

“The Messier Side of Parenting” introduces readers to Taryn Goldstein, 43, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 15. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging from...

UPDATE: https://stljewishlight.org/arts-entertainment/missouri-born-burt-bacharach-sophisticated-jewish-hitmaker-of-the-60s-and-70s-dies-at-94/#photo Did you know Burt Bacharach, the Jewish American composer of popular music, was born in Missouri? ...

BOSTON — Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book about a young girl with a magical sense of smell are among the highlights of this year’s...

This article appeared first on Forward. Reposted with permission. Hate speech is notoriously hard to police online, and nearly every major social media platform has been criticized in the recent past for allowing disinformation and hate to proliferate...

In February, the world’s attention was focused on Covid-19 experimental drugs. By April, with the worldwide vaccine campaign in full swing, Covid treatments didn’t seem important anymore. Now that we know the virus isn’t going away despite...