Posted inCulture Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be? by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion The prickly reason Mel Gibson will never be cancelled by PJ Grisar and Forward December 9, 2021
Posted inCulture Gabby Giffords has bat mitzvah; Jewish Grammy nominees; Haim goes to the movies; etc. by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2021December 8, 2021
Posted inBooks Mel Brooks’ memoir is 500 pages on his favorite subject — himself by PJ Grisar and Forward November 30, 2021
Posted inFilm How Dean Stockwell, dead at 85, fought antisemitism and inspired Jewish moviegoers by Benjamin Ivry and Forward November 10, 2021
Posted inCelebrity Jews Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc. by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Posted inUncategorized I went 26 years without watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ My first viewing was underwhelming — until it wasn’t by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward November 4, 2021
Posted inOpinion No, Jewish characters do not need to be played by Jewish actors by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 4, 2021
Posted inTV & Film Bay Area filmmaker Peter Stein smiles his way through ‘Jeopardy!’ by Sue Fishkoff October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
Posted inCulture Reanimating ‘The Golem,’ horror cinema’s century-old urtext, just in time for Halloween by David A.M. Wilensky October 28, 2021October 28, 2021