Arts

New Series to Spotlight Natalie Portman’s Role in Bringing Women’s Soccer Team to LA

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An upcoming HBO documentary series will highlight the role Academy Award-winning Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman played in bringing the Angel City Football Club to...

Horror director Ari Aster calls his new movie ‘Beau Is Afraid’ a ‘Jewish Lord...

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It’s like a Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings,’ but he’s just going to his mom’s house.” That’s how director Ari Aster, known for his acclaimed...

How a Guillermo del Toro Encounter Led to NYC’s First Mexican Jewish Film Festival

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When Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez attended a small cocktail reception with the celebrated Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro last December, she didn’t expect to leave...

Ben Stiller Satirizes Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ at Mark Twain Prize Ceremony

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Ben Stiller offered his own High Holiday alternative to Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah Song” as his fellow Jewish comedian accepted the Mark Twain Prize for...

‘This American Life’ Host Ira Glass on Judaism and Creating Content

A funny thing happens when Jewish reporters interview Ira Glass. They often “bagel” him. For Glass, host of NPR’s “This American Life,” being peppered with...

At Jewish Day Schools, Performing Arts Take Center Stage

With spring here at last, drama clubs and theater departments at schools around the country are gearing up to put on plays. Jewish day schools...

Author Martin Bodek Has a Shakespearean Twist on Passover

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Mike Wagenheim | JNS Wherefore is this Haggadah diff’rent from all oth’r Haggadahs? Author Martin Bodek, the writer of the “Emoji Haggadah,” “Festivus Haggadah” and “Coronavirus...

Associated On-Demand Offers Engagement, Education and Entertainment

Weary of scrolling through legions of cat videos, serial killer docuseries and uber-violent superhero flicks in a quest to discover something, well, more satisfying?...

New Jewish Culture Fellowship Artists Debut at Jewish Museum of Maryland

Danielle Durchslag is used to applying for fellowships. For the filmmaker, sculptor and costume designer, sending her portfolio to various shows and programs for...

David Strathairn Plays Historic Holocaust Witness Jan Karski in PBS’s ‘Remember This’

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Linda Buchwald | JTA As a Roman Catholic in Warsaw during World War II, Jan Karski could easily have ignored the horrors unfolding behind the...