Whistle, Gotham City’s latest superhero, is Jewish
By Julian Voloj
It turns out that Batman’s hometown of Gotham City has a historically Jewish neighborhood, complete with a synagogue. And for this year’s...
Kenneth Feinberg helps 9/11 families find ‘Worth’ in Obama-produced Netflix movie
By Andrew Lapin
At a key moment in the new Netflix film “Worth,” Kenneth Feinberg, the real-life architect of the compensation fund for 9/11 victims,...
Smadar Livne is ready to be in person in 5782
By Adam Reinherz
After nearly a year and a half of being surrounded primarily by canvas and paint, Smadar Livne is excited to be back...
New children’s books for the Jewish New Year: Kangaroos, Jonah and 2 guys named...
By Penny Schwartz
Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book about a young...
A new documentary explores society’s fascination with Hitler
By Andrew Lapin
“Is it possible to make a film like this without contributing to the Nazi Cinematic Universe?”
This line of narration comes early in...
Staff picks: What we’re reading this summer
They say that great readers make great writers, and we at the JT like to think our writing is at least pretty good. Here’s...
Summer books roundup
If you look around right now, you might be thinking, “Wow. The weather is amazing, the streets are alive and it’s time for me...
Filmmakers want to preserve an acre-sized shtetl built for a WWII film
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In the woods of northern Ukraine, construction workers have built an island in time: a shtetl.
That’s the Yiddish word for the type...
‘It Couldn’t Happen Here’ chronicles Pittsburgh in shooting aftermath
By Justin Vellucci
On Oct. 27, 2018, Pittsburgher Carrie Mannino watched the white supremacist attack at the Tree Of Life building unfold in a series...
Jessica Anya Blau writes about rock ‘n’ roll in Roland Park
A new coming-of-age novel takes inspiration from 1970s Baltimore
By PJ Feinstein
Jessica Anya Blau might not have written “Mary Jane,” her new coming-of-age novel, if...
