(JTA) — Israel’s government has lashed out at Netflix over a new Jordanian movie that they say disparages the country’s military and their actions in the War of 1948 that led to Israel’s independence.
“Farha,” Jordan’s best international...
(JTA) — Natan Levy, one of the few Israelis ever to compete in the mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, isn’t pulling any punches in talking about Kanye West’s antisemitism.
“Kanye West, if you’ve got a problem with...
Nora Berman, Deputy Opinion Editor, The Forward
• Published December 6, 2022
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Farha, the debut feature film of Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam, made headlines even before it...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 5, 2022
The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is four months away, but we've just learned of one special film that will be among those showcased. "The Levys of Monticello" is a documentary film by Steven Pressman, who has previously directed two Holocaust-related...
(JNS) “Today, Theodor Herzl is best known for his beard, not his books,” laments Gil Troy, editor of “The Zionist Writings of Theodor Herzl,” in his introductory essay to a new edition of Herzl’s diaries.
Troy, a professor of history at Canada’s...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published December 5, 2022
There’s a new movie coming out called Cocaine Bear about a bear who consumes cocaine and goes on a killing spree. The sages predicted this. Sort of.
In the Talmudic tractate Bava Kamma, 15b, which deals with liability and torts, the bear is named...
There’s no shortage of in-person, free, family-friendly events this Hanukkah season to commemorate the Festival of Lights, which begins on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 18 and concludes the evening of Monday, Dec. 26. Here is a roundup of the communitywide...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 4, 2022
The New Jewish Theatre’s current performance of “Jerry’s Girls: The Jerry Herman Revue,” features the music of one of Broadway’s greatest Jewish composers. Jerry Herman wrote popular hits like “Mame,” “La Cage aux Folles” and “Hello,...
(JTA) — Two weeks after returning from a suspension over his tweets threatening Jews, Kanye West has been booted from Twitter again — this time after posting a picture of a swastika.
West, the rapper and designer who now goes by Ye, tweeted the...
Adam Sandler recounted a funny remark from a celebrity mentioned in his famous “The Chanukah Song” when he spoke to a crowd at the 92nd Street Y (now called 92NY) in Manhattan on Tuesday night.
Following a screening of his new film “Hustle,”...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 1, 2022
Good news for “Fauda” fans. The critically acclaimed TV show that has swept the world has announced that the new season will be released in the United States on Jan. 20 on Netflix. The show has already aired in Israel this past summer.
The Netflix...
(JTA) – Bucking weeks of public pressure from Jewish groups, celebrities and the Brooklyn Nets, Amazon will not stop selling an antisemitic documentary on its service that was promoted by NBA star Kyrie Irving.
The company’s CEO Andy Jassy, who...
