In Their Own Words: Why Non-Jews Love ‘Shtisel’
BY ESTHER D. KUSTANOWITZ
(JTA) — Reina Rodriguez Taylhardat is a 37-year-old social media manager from Mexico City raised “very Catholic” but now identifies as a “light Catholic.” She’s also a...
Jewish Day School Teacher Turns Chai Into $50,000 on Jeopardy!
(JTA) — Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish bona fides.
There was the fact that Meggie...
Remembering the Rabbis, Pioneers and Innovators We Lost in 2020
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — There’s no way to tally all whom we lost in 2020, a year when we mourned even our ability to carry out time-tested rituals of grief.
Among...
Top Ten Tough Jew Movie
Israel is facing wars on multiple fronts and in the Diaspora where Jews are under attack daily, celebrities remain shamefully silent. One cant even think of a single strong...
Jewish Life Television Honored By APA Society for Media Psychology & Technology
The American Psychological Association’s Society for Media Psychology & Technology has awarded Jewish Life Television/JLTV its annual News Media Recognition Award. JLTV received this honor in connection with a...
‘Schitt’$ Creek’ Sets an Emmy Record
The Jerusalem Post
At the Emmy Awards ceremony, which was held in Los Angeles on Sunday night, German director Maria Schrader won for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or...
13 Jewish Facts About ‘Hamilton’ Just in Time for Its Streaming Premiere
This story originally appeared on Kveller.
BY ARIELLE KAPLAN
In the ultimate COVID-19 silver lining, the Broadway smash “Hamilton“ will be available to stream from the comfort of your quarantine couch on July 3....
Seinfeld Visits Be’eri During Solidarity Visit to Israel
(December 20, 2023 / JNS)
American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Tuesday toured Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught on...
Bill Maher defends Israel on his HBO show: ‘You can’t learn history from Instagram’
(JTA) — Bill Maher spent nearly 10 minutes of his HBO talk show Friday night defending Israel, bringing up ancient Jewish history and showing comparative maps of the state...
Protesters Hurl Profanity at Alec Baldwin
(December 19, 2023 / JNS)
Hundreds of activists flooded Penn Station and Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan on Monday night in an anti-Israel demonstration with some breaking off to taunt an...
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