(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...
(JNS) Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
“This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot in response to Monday’s announcement...
(JTA) — On July 14th, viewers who have waited a year for the second season of Netflix’s “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” will finally get to see what comes next for the Ermoza family.
The historical drama focuses on three generations of the...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 26, 2023
Seriously now, this is no joke. Back in 2020, a survey from the Pew Research Center found that 5.3 million of the nation’s religious and cultural Jews cited humor as essential to their Jewish identity.
Half of U.S. Jews say continuing family traditions...
ISABELLA ARMUS, The Nosher
• Published June 25, 2023
What do you think of when you hear “American Jewish cuisine?” A bagel? Chopped liver? Whatever it may be, in PBS’s forthcoming series “The Great American Recipe,” premiering on June 19, two Jewish home cooks compete to show America how diverse...
(JTA) — Viewers of the popular game show “Jeopardy!” got a glance of one of the United States’ most distinctive synagogue buildings on Tuesday, after a clue showcased Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan.
The Conservative synagogue...
