This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. One of Curb Your Enthusiasm’s most beloved episodes had been rattling around its creators’ heads for a quarter century....

Internationally touring musician, poet and Jewish storyteller Alicia Jo Rabins has made a career out of bringing ancient Jewish legends to life, but you might remember her as a member of the klezmer-punk band Golem or from her widely praised musical...

(JTA) — Jewish right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro has made his disdain for rap music well-known, tweeting in 2012, “Rap isn’t music. And if you think it is, you’re stupid.” That made it all the more surprising when Shapiro released his first-ever...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Jon Stewart returns in February as a once-a-week host for his old late-night program, The Daily Show. Stewart, whose original...

(JTA) — In the four months since the Hamas attacks on Israel touched off war in Gaza, Jewish protesters have joined demonstrations in the streets of New York, San Francisco and other cities condemning Israel and demanding an immediate ceasefire. But...

Israeli actor-singer-songwriter Idan Amedi, best known for starring in the hit Netflix show “Fauda,” recounted to reporters on Thursday his experience fighting in Gaza and the blast that had him hospitalized for over two weeks. “We are dealing...

Dear Teens and Young People, You are special and wonderful and perfect just the way you are. But there are some things you need to know to be even better. Well, good news! Aunt Amy has got your back with some advice you didn’t ask for. It’s easy...

The Zone of Interest” is the euphemism the Nazis used to describe the area around the Auschwitz concentration camp, including where the SS Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig lived with their children, in a house right next to the camp....

(JTA) — Music critic Jeremy Eichler’s study of how classical composers made music after the Holocaust was named the book of the year by the Jewish Book Council, which will present the National Jewish Book Awards Wednesday at the Marlene Meyerson...

(JTA) – The year’s biggest movie phenomenon was a one-two punch of blockbusters with Jewish roots — and they both came up big at Tuesday’s Oscar nominations. “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the Jewish “father of the atomic...

(This story originally appeared on JWA.org)  One of America’s great clowns, Fanny Brice built her career on a Yiddish accent and a flair for zany parody. In an era when ethnic comedy was the norm, she delighted audiences for more than forty...