Category: Entertainment

Sand Flakes is a heartfelt and moving coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who aspires to be a writer, and his mother, who gave up on her own ambitions years ago and now suffers from a crippling illness. The son writes short stories – dramatized in beautiful animations – which are a thinly veiled version […]

Guy Raz’s podcast “How I Built This’’ is an instruction manual for anyone seeking to create the next Airbnb or Spanx. From international reporter to author and leading podcaster, Raz, 47, has become an icon in the business world. His bestseller, How I Built This, released in September 2020 and based on his podcast, is a […]

The “Taco Tuesday” trademark dispute between Taco Bell and Taco John’s has come to an end as fast-food chain Taco John’s told the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) it would abandon its federal “Taco Tuesday” trademark. “We’ve always prided ourselves on being the home of Taco Tuesday, but paying millions of dollars to lawyers […]

In the second season of “The Nanny,” the sitcom she wrote and starred in, Fran Drescher’s character, Fran Fine, refuses to enter a hotel where the busboys are striking. “I’m sorry, but the Fines don’t cross picket lines,” she tells her companion, the father of the family she works for. “It’s against our religion.” The […]

Israeli actress Gal Gadot is set to take on one of her most historical roles yet, appearing in a future film as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, according to the star’s recent interview with Vogue Hong Kong. Gadot, 38, spoke with the publication for their July issue as part of promoting her upcoming spy film Heart […]

When Michael Neuman found out his run on this season of the NBC obstacle course competition show “American Ninja Warrior” would not air, the competitor inside of him was crushed. Part of the filming schedule had conflicted with his Shabbat observance. But Neuman was even more disappointed that he would not get to keep any […]

When George Soros gave control of his vast charity to his son, Alexander, it was clear that the new 37-year-old chairman would follow in his father’s footsteps in many ways. Alex Soros is known to work well with George, the billionaire hedge funder, liberal philanthropist and Holocaust survivor who turns 93 next month. “We think […]

Israel’s youth know very little about Ze’ev Jabotinsky or his works, a new poll released on Monday, one day before Israel marks Ze’ev Jabotinsky Day on July 18, revealed. The survey is seemingly poignantly timed, as Jabotinsky’s most well-known work, “The Iron Wall,” becomes a centenarian this year. There remains, however, a disconnect between the […]

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 […]