At a rehearsal about 20 years ago, Seth Rozin - director, playwright, artistic director of Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre - was approached by one of the actors, a New York Times in his hand. “Look at this,” the actor said. He pointed to a story...

In the second installment of And So It Goes, HBO’s new two-part documentary about Billy Joel, the Piano Man explains why he wore a yellow Star of David in August 2017, during his residency at Madison Square Garden, in his most extensive filmed account...

Hi, readers, and thank you to Amy Fenster Brown for letting me be the guest columnist this week. I’m Amy’s sister, and I live in Fort Smith, Ark., with my husband, Mike. We have two sons — Nathan, 30, who lives in New York, and Freddie, 26, who...

I’m going to be completely honest with you: I’m not a coffee table book kind of guy. I’ve also never really had a coffee table that would justify owning a coffee table book. I don’t live in the kind of home where decorative hardcover books are...

Bubbe's Forecast for July 25: 96° with “a stray shower possible”? That’s tuchus afn tish weather—no promises, just sweat. ☀️️ Tuchus afn tish (תּוחס אויף דעם טיש) literally means “put your rear end on the table,” but...

“Superman: Legacy” opened in theaters this weekend, and with it came a bit of history: for the first time, the Man of Steel is played by a Jewish actor. David Corenswet, 30, may not be a household name yet, but his debut as Superman marks...

The St. Louis Jewish Community Center’s biannual Used Book Sale returns to the Staenberg Family Complex Arts & Education Building Sunday, Aug. 24 through Thursday, Aug. 28. Patrons can once again stock up on a new selection of used reading materials...

(JTA) -- After his beloved and extremely Jewish sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended after 12 seasons last year, many fans undoubtedly had the same thought: Would this be the last of Larry David on TV? The notorious curmudgeon’s answer: Absolutely...

(JTA) — In 1941 Sarajevo, a Muslim woman hid her Jewish friend from fascist roundups. Half a century later, that same Muslim woman was trapped in the besieged capital during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War — and her Jewish friend made sure she got out. These...

(JNS) -- A new pro-Israel content app called Emissary aims to streamline and amplify Jewish messaging online by making it easier for users to share curated social media posts about Israel and antisemitism. Developed in 2024, the app has gained traction...

One of the more fun stories to tell are the ones where we find a Jewish link—or in this case, multiple Jewish links—hidden inside a major public event. These are the stories that surprise even the most plugged-in members of our community. At the Jewish...

We first learned about it through a tweet. On July 1, “Fauda” co-creator Avi Issacharoff posted a photo from the set of the Israeli TV series, showing five young, smiling women who, not long ago, were in Hamas captivity. The caption: “We have the...