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Zachary Noah Piser is taking over the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway full-time, becoming the first Asian American actor to do so. (Photo/JTA-Matthew Murphy)
Posted inTheater

Broadway’s new ‘Evan Hansen’ is an Asian-American Jew with mohel parents

by Evelyn Frick and Hey Alma May 19, 2022May 23, 2022
Members of the Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine await the results of the Eurovision Song Festival in Turin, Italy, May 14, 2022. (Photo/EBU)
Posted inMusic

Unable to film in Ukraine, Eurovision song contest winners made their intro video in Israel

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Jewlia Eisenberg's posthumous album is called “The Ginzburg Geography.” (Photo/Robin Hultgren)
Posted inCulture

Jewlia Eisenberg channels anti-fascist Italian lovers on posthumous album

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 6, 2022June 8, 2022
Lara Downes is a professional pianist and host of an evening program on Classical KDFC 90.3. (Photo/Matt Barrett)
Posted inCulture

Classical ambassador: Pianist and radio host Lara Downes is on a mission to celebrate Black composers

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 29, 2022May 17, 2022
Ethiopian Israeli musician Gili Yalo will perform at the Krakow’s Jewish Culture Festival Pop-Up. (Photo/Michael Topyol)
Posted inMusic

Krakow Jewish Culture Fest comes to Golden Gate Park, featuring Gili Yalo, Happie Hoffman, Jeremiah Lockwood

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 28, 2022April 29, 2022
Fans watch the Utah Jazz play the Memphis Grizzlies in a 2021 playoff game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, May 23, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Alex Goodlett-Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Why do the Utah Jazz, in the Mormon capital, play ‘Hava Nagila’ after wins?

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
Emma McAlister plays Eve in "The Apple Tree" at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. (Photo/Mia Perrotta)
Posted inMusic

Soprano Emma McAlister wants to ‘make Wagner turn over in his grave’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert April 21, 2022
Łowiczanie Polish Folk Dance Ensemble from San Francisco will perform at the Support Ukraine Benefit Concert.
Posted inCulture

Local klezmer and European folk groups team up for Ukraine benefit concert

by Dan Pine April 20, 2022April 27, 2022
Rapper Kosha Dillz, center, dressed as Moses, leads Passover mini-Seders outside the Shabbat Tent at the Coachella music festival in Indio, California. Dillz refers to the event as Matzahchella. (Photo/RNS via Instagram-@chrism_arts)
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‘Matzahchella’: Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz hosts mini-seders at Coachella

by Kathryn Post and RNS April 20, 2022April 29, 2022
Beanie Feldstein on stage in "Funny Girl"
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Beanie Feldstein opens up on ‘Funny Girl’ role: ‘Incredibly meaningful for me as a Jewish woman’

by Linda Buchwald and Jewish Week April 18, 2022April 20, 2022

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