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Ariel Stachel attends a screening of Blindspotting hosted by Lionsgate at Angelika Film Center in New York City on July 16, 2018. (Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Off-Broadway show about a Syrian immigrant will open without the Jewish actor who plays him

October 20, 2021
American-born rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, in Jerusalem (David H. Wells/Corbis via Getty Images)

How Meir Kahane’s ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

October 11, 2021
Moe Jeudy-Lamour as AFC Richmond goalkeeper Thierry Zoreaux (Apple TV)

‘Ted Lasso’ goalkeeper Moe Jeudy-Lamour is a citizen of the world

September 20, 2021
Design by Emily Burack; Image of Qian Julie Wang by Ryan Muir

Memoirist Qian Julie Wang finally found a home with her fellow Jews of Color

September 8, 2021
Left to right: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Diego Schwartzman and Eugenia De Martino at the U.S. Open in New York. (via @eugedemartino Instagram stories)

At the US Open, Diego Schwartzman wins during a flood storm — then meets his fan Ben Stiller

September 2, 2021
Mark Malyar poses during a medal ceremony at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, Aug. 29, 2021. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar wins a second gold and sets another world record at Tokyo Paralympics

August 30, 2021
Ian Seidenfeld competes in a gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Aug. 28, 2021. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

In upset, 20-year-old American Jewish athlete Ian Seidenfeld wins Paralympic table tennis gold

August 30, 2021
Mark Malyar of Team Israel competes in the mens 200-meter individual medley race at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Aug. 27, 2021. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins gold medal and sets a new world record

August 27, 2021
Jewish Paralympic athletes competing in 2021, from left to right: Top, Ezra Frech, Moran Samuel, Jody Schloss, Ian Seidenfeld; bottom: Matthew Levy, Doron Shaziri, Shraga Weinberg, Pascale Bercovitch. (Graphic by Emily Burack; photos via Getty, except top right via Team USA)

Ezra Frech, Moran Samuel, Shraga Weinberg and more: 10 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

August 24, 2021
Ilona Maher looks out as she prepares to lead the U.S. womens rugby team out onto the field for a match against Japan on day six of the Tokyo Olympics, July 29, 2021. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Is USA rugby player and TikTok star Ilona Maher Jewish?

July 30, 2021
Among the Jewish athletes to win medals in Tokyo are, left to right, Avishag Semberg (Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty), Jessica Fox and Lilia Akhaimova. (Semberg photo: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty; Fox photo: Patrick Smith/Getty; Akhaimova photo: Jamie Squire/Getty)

These Jewish athletes have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

July 30, 2021
Jessica Fox of Team Australia reacts after her winning run in the Womens Canoe Slalom final in the Tokyo Olympics. (Harry How/Getty)

In 3rd Olympics outing, Australian Jewish paddler Jessica Fox wins gold in canoe slalom

July 29, 2021
Lydia Jacoby of Team USA reacts with shock after winning the womens 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, July 26, 2021. (Xavier Laine/Getty)

Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

July 28, 2021
Australian Jewish kayaker Jessica Fox wins bronze — again — at Tokyo Olympics

Australian Jewish kayaker Jessica Fox wins bronze — again — at Tokyo Olympics

July 27, 2021
Russias Lilia Akhaimova competes on uneven bars day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 25, 2021. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Jewish vaulter Lilia Akhaimova helps Russia to gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo

July 27, 2021
Eli Dershwitz of the United States reacts after his loss to Junghwan Kim of South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics, July 24, 2021. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

3 Jewish fencers fail to medal in individual events at Tokyo Olympics

July 26, 2021
A teenage Jewish superhero is coming this fall

A teenage Jewish superhero is coming this fall

July 21, 2021
Timothée Chalamet set to play anti-Semite Roald Dahls most famous character

Timothée Chalamet set to play anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s most famous character

May 25, 2021
Owner of Chelsea Roman Abramovich watches the action during the UEFA Europa League Final between Chelsea and Arsenal at Baku Olimpiya Stadionu on May 29, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)

European soccer’s Super League is over — and fans can thank Chelsea’s Jewish owner

April 23, 2021
Deni Avdija in action during a game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston, Jan. 8, 2021. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Deni Avdija’s rookie season ends early with ankle injury

April 22, 2021
Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh Gets Deep About Jewish Motherhood

April 12, 2021
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From ‘Mank’ to an Israeli short film, 5 notable Jewish nominees for 2021 Oscars

March 15, 2021
Taylor Swift

The Jewish highlights of the 2021 Grammys: Breakout performance but no win for Jewish sister act Haim

March 15, 2021
Jews lined up in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. (Courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives)

Menachem Kaiser thought he knew his family’s Holocaust history. Then he met Nazi treasure hunters.

March 12, 2021
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: Aslan Karatsev of Russia plays a backhand in his Mens Singles Quarterfinals match against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during day nine of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 16, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Russian-Israeli tennis player Aslan Karatsev makes history at the Australian Open

February 16, 2021
Golden Globe

2021 Golden Globes: All the Jewish nominees, from ‘Mank’ to ‘Borat’ to ‘Unorthodox’

February 3, 2021
The Haim sisters, from left, Danielle, Este and Alana, at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 9, 2020. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images) 

2021 Grammy Awards: All the Jewish nominees, from Haim to an orchestral ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ adaptation

November 24, 2020

Anti-Semitism, white supremacy and swords: Talia Lavin dives into the most hateful corners of the internet

October 14, 2020
The Schitts Creek cast at a pre-Emmys party, Sept. 21, 2020. From left: Eugene Levy, Catherine OHara, Dan Levy and Anne Murphy. (Schitts Creek/Instagram) 

‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps the 2020 Emmys and makes history

September 21, 2020

Diego Schwartzman beats Nadal and Shapovalov to advance to Italian Open finals

September 20, 2020

FBI Twitter account tweets link to files on ‘Protocols of Elders of Zion,’ sparking anger and confusion

August 19, 2020
Among the 2020 Emmy Awards nominations were, from left, Schitts Creek, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Black Mitzvah. (Image design by Emily Burack/Stills via Pop TV/Amazon Prime/Netflix)

‘Unorthodox,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Maisel’ and more: Here are all the notable Jewish Emmy nominations for 2020

July 28, 2020
Natalie Portman at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival in New York City, Sept. 28, 2019. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

Natalie Portman is ‘all in’ as an owner of new LA women’s soccer team

July 21, 2020

Israeli musician DOV is telling queer stories through gentle electronica

May 6, 2020

Taylor Swift calls out Soros family for ‘shameless greed’ in Instagram beef with record company

April 24, 2020

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ is the best show you’re not watching

April 17, 2020

Jewish NFL star Mitch Schwartz embraces his inner chef during coronavirus quarantine

April 9, 2020

A rediscovered Holocaust memoir from 1945 tells an extraordinary story

February 19, 2020

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

February 19, 2020
Jewish stars Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi, and Timothée Chalamet pose in the press room during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Taika Waititi’s big win & 5 other Jewish moments from the 2020 Oscars

February 10, 2020

Native American Jewish justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis tells us how she made history

February 5, 2020

Diego Schwartzman and the outsized power of Jewish representation in sports

January 29, 2020
Dan Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino are the husband and wife team behind The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. (Steve Zak Photography/Getty Images/Amazon Prime)

The minds behind ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ on how they aim to represent Jews on screen

January 8, 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel (Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies of breast cancer at age 52

January 7, 2020

Tony Shalhoub grew up in a Lebanese family in Wisconsin. He draws on that to play his Jewish ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ character.

December 4, 2019
Laureen Nussbaum, childhood friend of Anne Frank: We have to resist and do our best. Thats all we can do. (Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images) 

Anne Frank’s childhood friend tells the story of the German official who saved her family

November 27, 2019

Are the Jewish mobsters referenced in ‘The Irishman’ real?

November 27, 2019

Tiffany Haddish opens up about her Jewish identity and upcoming bat mitzvah

November 26, 2019

Mimi Lemay wants you to understand the reality of raising a trans son

November 20, 2019

‘Stage Fright’ is an intimate, extremely Jewish portrait of Jenny Slate

October 30, 2019

‘Jojo Rabbit’ doesn’t glorify Nazis — it’s a lesson in how hate is taught

October 18, 2019

Jodi Kantor on what’s changed since her Weinstein story unleashed a wave of #MeToo

October 10, 2019

4 Jewish writers on the power of women’s anger in ‘Burn It Down’

October 10, 2019

‘Wonder’ author R.J. Palacio tells us why her new book is a Holocaust story

October 2, 2019

All the Jewish moments from the 2019 Emmys

September 23, 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on why she did not retire during Obama’s term

September 19, 2019

Josh Gondelman is the nicest guy in comedy

September 16, 2019

Howard Jacobson on his new novel, British anti-Semitism and calling himself the ‘Jewish Jane Austen’

September 12, 2019
Diego Schwartzman returns a shot during his match against Robin Haase at the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2019. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Argentine-Jewish tennis player Diego Schwartzman makes it to 3rd round of US Open

August 30, 2019
Screenshot from “The Red Sea Diving Resort trailer

Chris Evans is an Israeli Mossad agent in film coming to Netflix this month

July 17, 2019

Sue Bird bashes Trump in an essay defending her girlfriend Megan Rapinoe

July 2, 2019
The full roster for the United States Women’s National Team that is heading to France for the 2019 World Cup, shown just after a friendly match against Mexico at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., May 26 2019. Photo: Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

7 Jewish fun facts about the 2019 Women’s World Cup

June 6, 2019

One of Telemundo’s most famous soccer announcers is a proud Peruvian Jew

May 16, 2019

Why hasn’t Mel Gibson been cast out in Hollywood?

May 15, 2019
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The 50 best Jewish pop culture moments of 2018

December 18, 2018

Ivanka Trump and other prominent Jews send messages of solidarity after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

October 27, 2018
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho speaks at a meeting with Russian officials in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 31, 2018. (Russian Foreign Press and Information Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

World Cup 2018: 7 Jewish stories to watch

June 12, 2018
Students protesting against gun violence on Capitol Hill, Feb. 21, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How Never Again evolved from a Holocaust slogan to a universal call for [fill in the blank]

March 8, 2018
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