Category: Entertainment

On this International Lefthanders Day, August 13th, we delve deep into the tapestry of history and popular culture, celebrating Jewish luminaries who wielded their left hands with unparalleled grace and impact. Dive in as we spotlight these unique trailblazers. Golda Meir – Israel’s first female Prime Minister and a beacon of leadership. Her resilience and […]

On Aug. 2, camp directors across the country — including at several prominent Jewish camps — received an email with stressful news. Just days out from their campers’ return home, the company hired to transport all of their belongings home had announced its sudden closure. “Despite our best efforts, including remortgaging my house to get […]

Since the birth of hip-hop 50 years ago, plenty of Jewish rappers have picked up a microphone and rocked a crowd. They’ve spit rhymes in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and even Aramaic. Collectively, they’ve shattered stereotypes about what Jews look and sound like. But hip-hop is hypercompetitive, so the question must be asked: Who are the […]

When Makkabi Berlin takes the field on Sunday, the German soccer club founded by Holocaust survivors will make history. Makkabi will be the first Jewish club to compete in the German Cup, an annual season-long tournament featuring 64 of the country’s best teams — from the amateur level to the Bundesliga, Germany’s top league which features […]

A group of 29 adults with disabilities stood near a Cobra helicopter at Palmahim Airbase in Israel, mesmerized as Yuval Wagner recounted that fateful day in 1987 when the helicopter he was piloting abruptly crashed and left him paralyzed and his commander dead. Wagner also explained how his new life as a paralyzed man with […]

Pop icon Christina Aguilera received thunderous applause as she greeted 14,000 fans at Park Live on Thursday night with “Shalom!”  The Rishon LeZion concert marked the singer-songwriter’s first time in Israel and she appeared in love with the country, telling the crowd, “It’s been too long,” and “I am so happy to be with you […]

In 1725, Abraham de Oliveyra was officially registered as a silversmith in London — the first Jew known to be given a license to practice the trade in the city. Jews had been let back into England just 70 years beforehand following an expulsion centuries earlier, and Oliveyra’s registration established him as a prolific maker […]

Amar’e Stoudemire hasn’t donned a Phoenix Suns jersey since 2010, but soon, no Suns player will wear his No. 32 ever again. The Suns announced Wednesday that Stoudemire, along with his teammate Shawn Marion, would be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor during the 2023-2024 NBA season. According to the team’s press release, this […]

Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, the Canadian-American group known for songs including “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday. Robertson, who left his Toronto home at age 16 to pursue his rock’n’roll dreams, died Wednesday […]

At Yotvata, a kibbutz near Eilat, during August, kids are all smiles, gulping down glass after glass of chocolate milk. Everywhere you look, there are happy faces and chocolatey mustaches, with endless chocolate milk on tap. Yotvata Kibbutz has recently announced the reopening of its “Chocolate Milk Faucet” at the Yotvata Inn, offering travelers enroute […]