Remembering Choice Jewish Moments on Jeopardy!
(JTA) — Alex Trebek, the beloved baritone host of “Jeopardy!,” died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at 80.
In his 36 years as host of the immensely popular game show, Trebek...
Five Best Passover Videos This Year
BY AMY SPIRO
The Jerusalem Post
It's Passover - which means time for matzah, four cups of wine, and viral videos. And 2019 has not disappointed when it comes to new and hilarious...
Five Towns Women Fund Theater Project On Mikveh
By Toby Klein Greenwald
More than 12 years ago, a friend of mine, Myra Gutterman, came to me with a creative new idea. She had decided to record and transcribe...
Coroner: Jewish Rapper Mac Miller Died of Toxic Overdose
(JTA) — Jewish rapper Mac Miller died of an accidental overdose due to a combination of drugs and alcohol, a coroner has ruled.
The Los Angeles County coroner released the report on Monday,...
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...
Popular Shalva Band Won’t Play Eurovision Due to Shabbat Schedule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qsDSS0xUY&feature=youtu.be
The Shalva group, a beloved Israeli band featuring musicians with special needs, has dropped out of the Eurovision Song contest because compulsory rehearsals for the Saturday-night finals will take...
Yoni Z.: Raising the Bar In Jewish Music
By Rochelle Maruch Miller
https://youtu.be/s5WI8nDU2VQ
Yoni Z. is on a mission. Intent on upping the game, he hopes to change the landscape of Jewish music forever. Personable, polished, and possessed of...
Great Neck Comedian Talia Reese Performing Off-Broadway
Great Neck comedian Talia Reese has been engaged to open for the remainder of the UK’s only strictly Orthodox Jewish stand-up comedian Ashley Blaker’s Off-Broadway show Strictly Unorthodox (the...
Shoot Jelly Doughnuts With Hanukkah Goblins While the Candles Are Burning
(J., The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Here’s something to do during the long nights of Hanukkah under lockdown — become a goblin with a jelly doughnut launcher.
That’s...
Gal Gadot Receives MTV Award in Lead-Up to New Wonder Woman Movie
It’s been a great few months for Israeli “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot.
The actress won the first “She-Ro” in film history award at the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest...