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Helen Mirren as Golda Meir

Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren gets US release date

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished June 16, 2023

(JTA) — A biopic of Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister who helmed Israel during the Yom Kippur War, is set to hit screens just one month shy of the conflict’s 50th anniversary. “Golda,” directed by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Nativ...

Favorite from St. Louis Jewish Film Festival opens Friday at Landmark

Favorite from St. Louis Jewish Film Festival opens Friday at Landmark

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 15, 2023

A fan favorite from the most recent St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is now opening in theaters around U.S. including one screen here in St. Louis. "Persian Lessons" directed by award-winning filmmaker Vadim Perelman ("House of Sand and Fog," "The Life...

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Comedians gather for ‘The Roast of Antisemitism,’ but who gets the last laugh?

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished June 15, 2023

Comedy roasts took off in this current era of unscripted cable television because they’re cheap to produce. The format is reliable, simple: A mix of comics and celebrities take turns lobbing potshots at each other and at the primary target, who finally...

Suzanne Horwich

Jewish artist criss-crossing globe to ‘lift up’ Ukrainian refugees with art

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 15, 2023

The numbers are impressive: 56,140 miles, 120 flight hours and an infinite number of smiles from Ukrainian refugees. These are the numbers for Jewish artist Suzanne Horwich who has completed five trips in the last year from her home in Durango, Colo....

Jan 6, 2019; Beverly Hills, CA, USA; Debra Messing arrives during the 76th Golden Globe Awards in the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton.

Debra Messing shares harrowing antisemitic incident from her childhood

By Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished June 15, 2023

At an event in New York City organized by Israeli actress, writer and activist Noa Tishby and politician Andrew Yang, Jewish actress Debra Messing opened up about experiencing antisemitism as a child. The story she shared was so harrowing that many of...

Camryn Manheim (Credit: Cathryn Farnsworth) and Milo Manheim (Credit Jim Wright)

Camryn and Milo Manheim to lead off premiere of new Jewish-themed genealogy TV series

Published June 15, 2023

"Generations,"  the first Jewish-themed genealogy television series produced by the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, JewishGen, and JLTV, will launch in Fall 2023. The premiere episode has begun filming, and will...

Eli Roth interviewed by an Armed Forces Network broadcaster at the 82nd Academy Awards. PUBLIC DOMAIN

18 things to know about Jewish actor Eli Roth

By Evelyn Frick, Hey Alma!Published June 14, 2023

For all the Jewish actors in the new HBO series “The Idol” (Hari Nef, Troye Sivan and Dan Levy, to name a few), the Jewish representation onscreen is shaky at best. But you know what’s not shaky? The Jewishness of Eli Roth, the actor who plays...

Sara Bradley plating burgoo with beans and cornbread on the finale of Top Chef: World All-Stars. Photo by Fred Jagueneau/Bravo

Meet the ‘Top Chef’ contestant who made matzo balls famous in Kentucky

By Jodi Rudoren, The ForwardPublished June 11, 2023

I have never been one of those people who instinctively roots for the Jewish athlete, political candidate or celebrity. But I was completely charmed by Sara Bradley as she battled to the bitter end on the latest season of the reality show Top Chef, making...

Harvey Keitel to star in TV adaption of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Iconic Jewish actor Harvey Keitel to star in TV adaptation of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Published June 11, 2023

From “Poker Face” to “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning,” Peacock TV has been bringing us a lot of excellent TV, and in 2024, it is taking on a newly popular TV trend: the limited Holocaust series. Next year, along with Sky TV, Peacock...

Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for "Parade" at New York City Center, Nov. 1, 2022. Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages

The cast of Broadway’s ‘Parade’ says Kaddish before each show

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished June 9, 2023

(JTA) — Eight times a week, audiences at Broadway’s “Parade” see the curtain rise on a retelling of an act of antisemitism. What they don’t see is the Jewish ritual that comes first. In an essay for The New York Times, 23-year-old star Micaela...

Jerry Seinfeld bringing comedy tour to St. Louis

Jerry Seinfeld bringing comedy tour to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 9, 2023

Iconic Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld's four-arena comedy tour will make a stop here in St. Louis on November 11, at the Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis. The tour, which will begin in San Francisco was announced today by both comedians on...

Unexpectedly charmed by 'Jewish Matchmaking'

Unexpectedly charmed by ‘Jewish Matchmaking’

By Dina Adelsky, Jewish Women’s ArchivePublished June 9, 2023

I’m a newbie when it comes to reality TV. But being sick in bed for a couple days gave me lots of downtime, and having made one successful shidduch made me curious to watch Jewish Matchmaking, Netflix’s new spinoff of the hit show Indian Matchmaking. Going...

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