Category: Entertainment

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 […]

“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. […]