New Series to Spotlight Natalie Portman’s Role in Bringing Women’s Soccer Team to LA
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...
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...
Ben Stiller Satirizes Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ at Mark Twain Prize Ceremony
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...
Jewish Groups Urge US Rugby Team to Withdraw From South African Tournament That Excluded...
A number of major American Jewish organizations are urging a California-based professional rugby team to pull out of an international competition that disinvited an...
Team Israel exits World Baseball Classic with 5-1 loss to Venezuela
They didn’t call it the “Pool of Death” for nothing.
After a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Nicaragua on March 12, Israel finished the World Baseball...
David Strathairn Plays Historic Holocaust Witness Jan Karski in PBS’s ‘Remember This’
Linda Buchwald | JTA
As a Roman Catholic in Warsaw during World War II, Jan Karski could easily have ignored the horrors unfolding behind the...
Jodi Picoult Holocaust Novel Removed as Florida School District Purges Libraries to Comply With...
Andrew Lapin | JTA
A Holocaust-themed novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult was among dozens of books removed from a South Florida school district library’s...
‘Cocaine Bear’ Star Alden Ehrenreich Got His Big Break After Steven Spielberg Saw Him...
Gabe Friedman | JTA
By this point, the film’s title might only be unknown to those who have been hibernating: “Cocaine Bear,” a black comedy...
Why American Eagle Now Has a Mezuzah at its Times Square Flagship
Jacob Henry | JTA
American Eagle Outfitters now has a mezuzah on the front door of its flagship Times Square location, courtesy of Chabad, the...
Neo-Nazis Rally Outside Broadway Preview of ‘Parade,’ About an Antisemitic Murder
Members of a neo-Nazi group rallied the night of Tuesday, Feb. 21, outside the Broadway theater that is hosting “Parade,” a play about the...
