Alan Zeitlin, Jewish News Syndicate
• Published July 7, 2023
(JNS) -- For the past six years, the journalist Benyamin Cohen has managed social media for the Albert Einstein estate. “The world’s favorite genius,” Cohen, news director at the Forward, writes on LinkedIn. “He has more than 20 million followers...
Jordan Palmer and Jackie Hajdenberg – JTA
• Published July 7, 2023
(JTA) — The prolific Jewish actor Ed Asner died nearly two years ago, but his final film will hit select theaters on Friday, July 7. But sadly, none are in St. Louis. But, you still have many opportunities to see this film that was a fan favorite at...
Paige Shoshannah, Hey Alma
• Published July 6, 2023
The latest Indiana Jones film, “The Dial of Destiny,” starring Harrison Ford and the fifth installation of the series, is set to release this summer. The Indiana Jones movies are known for their combination of history, mythology, and science fiction...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 6, 2023
St. Louis filmgoers now have a chance to see the long-awaited biopic about former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, “Golda,” starring Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren.
Indiana Jones first came onto the scene fighting Nazis, and he’ll go out the same way. In 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, the graverobbing archeologist kept Nazis from getting the magical Ark of the Covenant. In The Last Crusade, it’s Nazis and...
(JTA) — In next week’s episode of Hulu’s reality series “The Kardashians,” Kim Kardashian cries about the antisemitic behavior of her ex-husband Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, last year.
| RELATED: Kanye’s Jewish ex-business partner...
(JTA) — “The Bear,” FX and Hulu’s drama series about the behind-the-scenes workings of a Chicago restaurant, has been one of TV’s most acclaimed series since debuting last year.
The first episode of its second season, which debuted June 22,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 30, 2023
Academy Award winner Alan Arkin, who appeared in more than 90 films and headlined the 2011 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, died on Thursday.
He was the son of Ukrainian and German Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, where he was born in 1934. But over the...
(JNS) One of the many Jews who have been a pillar of the punk rock music scene is Mike Burkett, aka Fat Mike, the singer and bassist of the band NOFX and owner of the record label Fat Wreck Chords. In April of this year, he opened The Punk Rock Museum...
By Rebecca Salzhauer, The Forward
• Published June 28, 2023
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is calling on his friend Roseanne Barr to explain her comments after a clip of Barr’s strange rant about Holocaust denial sparked controversy on Tuesday.
“I find it hard to believe that someone who has joined me in fighting...
(JTA) — Before sundown Friday night, as American Jews prepared to light their Shabbat candles, some also lit yahrzeit candles.
The additional flames, which signify mourning, burned in commemoration of the first anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
Roseanne Barr, the controversial Jewish comedian and former star of the working-class family sitcom Roseanne, denied the Holocaust and espoused other conspiracy theories on a recent episode of the podcast “This Past Weekend” hosted by comedian...
