(JTA) — Pop star Harry Styles gave a shout-out to a pair of Orthodox Jewish friends who walked close to six miles to attend a concert of his at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Jewish Chronicle reporter Tash Mosheim, who was at the show, heard...

When Stan Lee was just a kid, working as a message boy for New York’s “second-largest trouser manufacturer,” he had a sort of Bob Cratchit moment. “A week before Christmas they told me I had to leave,” Lee said of his abrupt termination....

This is a true story. Several years ago at a school awards assembly, a teacher/administrator/principal type gave an opening speech. Said educator was known for being nervous when addressing big groups. That, combined with too many notecards, produced...

Cindy Larimore, owner of Art by Lari, was selected to join Michael Grey’s Collaborative Artist’s Capsule, which takes individual artists’ work and displays them on Birkenstock sandals manufactured by the Michael Grey Sandal Factory. Larimore is...

From "Portnoy’s Complaint" to "Seinfeld", the word shiksa is firmly embedded in popular culture. Where does the word come from, and how has its meaning changed over time? In this episode, we’re bringing you another installment of our “Word...

Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times in 1971, died last week at the age of 92. Ellsberg’s parents were of Russian Jewish descent, but they had embraced Christian Science and raised him in that...

(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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

"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...