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Beanie Feldstein has been cast to star in a revival of "Funny Girl." (Photo/File)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Mayim Bialik (sort of) gets ‘Jeopardy!’ gig; Beanie Feldstein in ‘Funny Girl’; Carrie Brownstein’s weird new movie; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
woman playing basketball
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Bird waves the flag; Israel gets on a horse; Pink gets mad; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021
George Fok’s “Passing Through” (2017), a multichannel video installation appearing at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as part of the "Experience Leonard Cohen" exhibit.
Posted inCulture

Contemporary artists riff on Leonard Cohen’s music in new CJM exhibit

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert July 23, 2021July 22, 2021
Scarlett Johansson performing a superheroic feat of derring-do in "Black Widow."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Black Widow’ rakes it in; Baseball gets even Jewish-er; Geffen shells out in Israel; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 20, 2021
Harvey Keitel stars as Meyer Lansky in "Lansky." (Photo/Vertical Entertainment)
Posted inSports

Keitel does Lansky; Jurnee joins the Academy; Fox makes hockey history; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
From “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” which includes moments of animation, music and ritual.
Posted inCulture

Avant-garde film says ‘Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,’ in its own eccentric way

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
Screenshot from "The Day Will Come"
Posted inMusic

Sunnyvale sabra scores another pandemic YouTube hit

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 30, 2021June 30, 2021
Elvis Presley on "The Milton Berle Show," June 4, 1956. (Photo/JTA-Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images)
Posted inHistory

At Graceland, newly displayed grave marker honors Elvis’ complicated Jewish heritage

by Dan Fellner and JTA June 28, 2021
a black and white of bernstein seated at a piano, making annotations on a piece of sheet music
Posted inTV & Film

Orthodox mom ‘Ninja Warrior’; Leonard Bernstein documentary; Jake Gyllenhaal grilled by children; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 21, 2021June 21, 2021
"Chai," a new musical sculpture by Richard Deutsch, towers over the courtyard at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto.
Posted inCulture

Palo Alto JCC unveils ‘mind-blowing’ musical sculpture by Richard Deutsch

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 16, 2021June 17, 2021

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