A new Israeli government has brought a renewed focus on repairing ties between Israel and the Diaspora. Yair Lapid, a key part of the new coalition, has emphatically stated, “Jews from all streams, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox, are our family. And family is always the most important relationship, and the one that needs to be…
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‘Anne Frank’ and ‘Israel’ removed from novels after Twitter outcry
Bestselling authors Elin Hilderbrand and Casey McQuiston removed references to Anne Frank and Israel from their novels earlier this month following an…
Celebrity Jews
Orthodox mom 'Ninja Warrior'; Jake Gyllenhaal grilled by children; etc.
Frum and tough There are moms, and then there are … ninja moms. Liba Yoffe, a 35-year-old Orthodox mother of four, is one of this year’s competitors on…
Books
Cal student spends pandemic writing book on Jewish identity
Early in the pandemic, many writers wondered if their productivity would increase or decrease during the weeks and then months of isolation. One viral…
Art
Palo Alto JCC unveils ‘mind-blowing’ musical sculpture
As visitors return to the reopened Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, they will be greeted by a new four-story art installation by renowned local sculptor…
TV
‘Black Space’: Exploring teenage darkness in Netflix’s latest Israeli series
These days, it’s sometimes hard to remember that the world had problems even before we heard the word “coronavirus.” But various dramatic series — “13…
Off the Shelf
Jewish writers with Soviet roots have deep stories to tell
Irving Howe famously theorized that American Jewish literature would decline as the immigrant experience that informed so much of it became consigned to…
Books
For your summer reading list: New Jewish books, authors and themes
The month of June is gifting us with a wide variety of Jewish stories, from a reissue of an antifascist novel published in 1938 to a heartwarming YA…
Film
Eytan Fox, pop prince of Israeli cinema, keeps it queer in ‘Sublet’
Cosmopolitan without being condescending, au courant without the arrogance of hipness, Eytan Fox has been the pop prince of Israeli cinema for nearly…