Notable Jewish Emmy Nominations for 2020
BY EMILY BURACK
(JTA) — Though much about the 2020 Emmy Awards ceremony is not yet known, one thing is clear: Jewish TV stars are well positioned to clean up.
Dozens of...
Actress Marilyn Monroe’s Personal Siddur Up for Auction
A Jewish prayer book belonging to American actress Marilyn Monroe has been put up for sale by a New York auction house.
Monroe converted to Judaism in 1956, prior to...
BBC Rejects Calls From Anti-Israel Activists to Not Air Eurovision Contest in Tel Aviv
The BBC has rejected a call from a group of anti-Israel activists to not air this year’s Eurovision song contest, set to be held on Tel Aviv in May.
Eurovision...
Chris Evans Plays Mossad Agent on Netflix This Month
BY EMILY BURACK
(JTA) — Chris Evans has ditched his Captain America shield for a very different kind of film: He stars as an Israeli Mossad agent who worked to rescue Ethiopian Jews...
Film on Nazi Turned Austrian President Draws Parallels to Modern Rise of Right
By Tom Tugend
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Kurt Waldheim managed an impressive feat: After serving as a soldier and intelligence officer in the Nazi army during World War II, he was...
Jewish Inspired TV, Movies Win at Critics’ Choice Awards
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won Best Comedy Series and its star Rachel Brosnahan won Best Comedy Actress at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
The awards given by...
Disturbed’s Singer Slams Roger Waters Over Israel Boycott
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — David Draiman, the Jewish singer of the chart-topping hard rock band Disturbed, called Roger Waters “ridiculous” for promoting a cultural boycott of Israel.
Disturbed, which has...
Celebrities Create Third Seder Online
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — An all-star team of Jewish celebrities (and some non-Jewish ones) put on a virtual Passover Seder on Saturday night to raise money for a Center for...
Stan Lee, Creator of Iconic Marvel Comics Superheroes, Dead at 95
(JTA) — Stan Lee, who as one of the masterminds behind Marvel Comics created such mega-popular comic book franchises as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, died early...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Named Best Real-Life Hero at MTV Awards
(JTA) — Add another honor for Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Best Real-Life Hero.
The Supreme Court justice won the recognition at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Monday night. She wasn’t...
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B’haalosecha: Bon Appetite!
Chacham Yosef Chaim of Baghdad was the great posek, Kabbalist, and community leader of Sefardic Jewry at the turn of the 19th Century. He...
Abarbanel—A Man Of Many Worlds—Revealed In A New Film
By Toby Klein Greenwald
Rabbi Berel Wein, executive producer, and Ashley Lazarus, director and writer, have come out with another groundbreaking educational project. Abarbanel —A...
A Death In Yeshiva
By Reuben Gampel
Two weeks ago, Shana Aleph madrich Michael Riback, z’l, died suddenly. He was a soldier in the IDF and was participating in...