Looking at Israel’s Prime Ministers a Different Way
The celebration of Israel Independence Day is not generally associated with art appreciation. Most Israelis mark the day with barbecues, watching fireworks and the...
‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Author to Write Golem Horror Film
The Jewish author of best-selling children’s book series “A Series of Unfortunate Events” has been tapped to write a horror film based on the...
Animated ‘An American Tail’ About Immigrating Russian-Jewish Mice Now a Musical
Itamar Moses was 10 when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film,...
Swiss historical drama ‘Labyrinth of Peace’ shatters the myth of Switzerland’s neutrality in WWII
It’s Switzerland in 1945 and the war has just ended. A group of deeply traumatized, ragged-looking Jewish teenagers recently liberated from Buchenwald have been...
Jewish Indie Rocker Blondshell Takes Inspiration From Larry David and Sarah Silverman
When she sits down to write song lyrics, Sabrina Teitelbaum, who records music under the moniker Blondshell, doesn’t plan to reference her Jewishness. It...
Comedian Modi to Bring Laughs to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation will be putting on a night of comedy to raise funds for their education programs with the help of a beloved...
‘Spinning Gold’ Movie Departs From Hollywood Stereotypes About Jewish Music Producers
In the hit show “The Sopranos,” veteran actor Jerry Adler plays mob-adjacent Jewish businessman Hesh Rabkin, who made a fortune in the music business...
35th Annual Jewish Film Festival Celebrates Jewish Art
For 35 years, the William & Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival has been showing Jewish movies from all over the world, touching...
Alex Edelman’s Very Jewish Show, ‘Just For Us,’ Is Heading to Broadway
After a successful off-Broadway run, Orthodox Jewish comedian Alex Edelman will bring his one-man show “Just For Us” to Broadway this summer.
The show had...
Florida High School Pulls Graphic Novel Adaptation of Anne Frank’s Diary
A public high school in Florida has removed an illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary from its library. It is the second known instance...
