Category: Media & Culture

Many Israelis, who generally feel at home enough among their people to argue, criticize others. This is true in the current atmosphere of division and ill feelings between two conflicting groups over radical changes in the judicial system. Pursuing a more ethical world, people in society and business speak out to criticize groups for wrongdoing […]

Asked for his favorite Jewish joke, American comedian Mark Schiff tells this classic: “Moshe’s mother-in-law, Chana, says to Moshe, ‘Last year for my birthday, you gave me a cemetery plot. This year you didn’t give me anything.’ Moshe responds: ‘You didn’t use what I gave you last year!’”  Born in 1952 in the Bronx, Schiff […]

“When I do a Jewish cartoon, I always feel like I’m on a tightrope,” says American cartoonist Dick Codor.  “On one side of my pen is chicken soup and on the other end a little devil.”  Then Codor lets us in on who he really is – a Jewish humorist. The Jewish comedy cartoons of […]

Simon Leviev, who became the most searched Israeli on Google following a film in which he allegedly swindled women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, is angling to become a reality TV star in a new series, The Simon Show on FreeTV. He spoke to Maariv this week and addressed the allegations against him and accused […]

“I’m a horrible, greedy actress, all I want to do is play great women, and Golda was one of the greatest,” joked Helen Mirren, the star of Guy Nattiv’s movie, Golda, about Prime Minister Golda Meir, at a press conference ahead of the film’s Israeli premiere at the opening of the 40th Jerusalem Film Festival. […]

In the vibrant city of Antwerp, Belgium, two contrasting series, Rough Diamonds and Shalom All! (Shalom Allemaal! in Flemish), pull back the curtain on the city’s Orthodox Jewish community, offering viewers an intimate view of their world. Despite sharing a common subject, the shows’ approaches and execution greatly differ, a divergence grounded in their distinct […]

(JTA) — Though there were no Jewish players at this week’s MLB All-Star Game, the future is bright. The best bellwether of what’s to come is the MLB Draft, which included 20 rounds split between the past three nights. A total of 614 players were drafted this year, and according to Jewish Baseball News, six […]

Parade, winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, is an absolute must-see Broadway hit. Starring Jewish performers Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond and supported by a colorful and passionate cast at New York’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, the revival of this show is not only timely but an absolute necessity for theater […]

(JTA) — Barbie the doll has a deep Jewish history. Now, the creator of “Barbie” the movie hopes watching the film will also evoke a deep Jewish experience. Greta Gerwig, who conceived and directed the buzzy live-action film released this month, told The New York Times that she hopes watching the movie will be a […]

When one thinks of blockbuster jazz records, Miles Davis’s totemic “Kind of Blue,” and “Time Out” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, immediately spring to mind. But there are other works that have stood the test of time and continue to fire the imagination and creative output of generations of musicians with an improvisational bent. As […]