School is out for the summer! Raise your hand if you loved summer break. Sleeping late, going swimming, camp, no homework. It makes me long for my youth. But kids these days do things differently than we did back in the 1900’s when we were young. Then We...

Gloria Steinem has been a public figure since the 1960s, but there is much to learn and admire about her personal history in “Gloria: A Life.” The play by Emily Mann is fascinating and inspiring in the current production by the New Jewish Theatre. Steinem...

This story originally appeared on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — Over the past few weeks, a lot of sad faces were peering at their screens as two popular television shows came to an end. Two HBO staples, “Succession” and “Barry,” aired their...

Well it’s too late baby to enter our Carole King lookalike contest because the deadline has passed, but we have a winner: Lynn Harris of University City. Harris, who is now mostly retired, admitted that she spent her “entire professional and personal...

“The Crowded Room” is a 10-episode series that begins streaming on Apple+ on June 9. The screenplay was written by Oscar-winner AKIVA GOLDSMAN, 60 (“A Beautiful Mind”). Plot: Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland) is arrested following his involvement...

(JTA) — The U.S. State Department has condemned Roger Waters, calling the former Pink Floyd frontman’s recent concert in Berlin “antisemitic.” A reporter asked at a press briefing on Monday whether the department agreed with recent comments...

Decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice for equality and championing the voices of others, her vision is as urgent as ever. In this exploration of the iconic feminist’s legacy, the first act tells her story, and the second invites the audience...

Jen Weinman was going through a really hard time in her life. She was dealing with depression and had a bad breakup. Then she met a group of people who had a common interest: improv theater. “I asked them why they chose improv and one of them told...

When Shoshana Polakoff, 40, received an unexpected breast cancer diagnosis three years ago, the mother of three young children needed extra support. Her friends, family and Jewish community in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan immediately...

In early 2017 the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) began looking at ways to bridge societal gaps that were appearing around the city and the country. One idea was to turn their popular "Religion and Art" tour into something more meaningful that might foster...

Padma ‍Lakshmi ‍announced ‍last ‍week ‍that ‍she ‍is ‍leaving ‍the ‍‍Top ‍Chef ‍program ‍after ‍serving ‍as ‍host ‍and ‍judge...

After hundreds of sold-out performances on Broadway and across the world, "Soul Doctor" is coming to the big screen. The movie musical, which was filmed live in Jerusalem, is a poignant and entertaining portrayal of how music and spirituality formed an...