Category: Media & Culture

“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 horror movies Hereditary and Midsommar, described his new film, Beau Is Afraid, in a behind-the-scenes video released on Wednesday. Aster, who works with A24, the same studio behind this year’s […]

Millions of years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the skeleton of a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was introduced to the public in Switzerland on Wednesday ahead of its auction next month. The giant carnivore, named TRX-293 Trinity, is expected to fetch between 5 million ($5.43 million) and 8 million Swiss francs ($8.70 million) when it goes […]

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy has launched a new interactive family activity for the Passover seder.  The scavenger hunt, made available by the charitable trust which honors the life and teachings of former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, offers a creative way for families to celebrate and learn about the upcoming Passover holiday. Joanna Benarroch, chief executive […]

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. At the SAR High School, an Orthodox Jewish day school  in Riverdale, New York, teens participate in anti-harassment training every fall. Students listen carefully as faculty list […]

A group of 121 orphaned boys celebrated their bar mitzvah together in Jerusalem this week, marking the occasion at the Western Wall in an effort organized by Colel Chabad, a veteran social services group in Israel. The program for bar mitzvah boys who have suffered the loss of a parent has run since 2002.  The […]

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) In a bid she claims will “100% solve” Israel’s massive traffic and transportation crisis, Transportation Minister Miri Regev has decided to leave politics for a new career: driving a shuttle bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. “The […]

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) A group of reformed and unreformed Jews stormed a popular mikveh in Safed dressed in several layers of clothing, in protest of Shas’s proposed Western Wall modesty bill. Religious mikveh-goers were shocked, and scrambled to hide, while […]

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) With a report from Agriculture Ministry that the cat population in Israel has surpassed four million, the cat lobby in the Knesset has stepped its campaign to force a binational state for people and cats. Given their […]

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) A group of Palestinians from Ramallah have filed a petition with the High Court of Justice in Israel against the use of the label “Day of Rage” in connection with the judicial reform protest movement. “We’ve worked […]

Chaim Topol, who passed away in Israel on Wednesday, was a beloved, acclaimed Israeli actor, best known around the world for his portrayal of Tevye in the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. He was 87. Decades before Gal Gadot, Topol was the first Israeli to conquer Hollywood, receiving an Oscar nomination for Best […]