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Cooper Raiff as a bar/bat mitzvah "motivational dancer" in “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Apple)
Posted inCulture

Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
The Last Supper, which some believe was a Passover meal, as seen in the current iteration of the Oberammergau Passion Play. (Photo/Courtesy Oberammergau Passion Play 2022)
Posted inOpinion

The Oberammergau Passion Play once stoked antisemitism. A revised version strives to be less inflammatory

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman June 17, 2022June 23, 2022
Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, the hazzan at The Kitchen, is the driving force behind the independent San Francisco congregation's new album, "Shabbat in The Kitchen."
Posted inMusic

New album serves up what’s been cooking at The Kitchen

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 15, 2022June 22, 2022
Steph Curry wearing a hoodie adorned with Hebrew prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals, June 10, 2022. (Photo/Twitter-@2974Collection)
Posted inSports

The scoop on Steph Curry’s Hebrew hoodie at Game 4

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2022June 17, 2022
Glenn Close is a new addition to the second season of "Tehran."
Posted inCulture

Glenn Close joins a less exhilarating season 2 of hit Israeli series ‘Tehran’

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz June 14, 2022June 14, 2022
Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua speaks after receiving an honorary degree at the University of Palermo, Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Francesco Militello Mirto-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel, dies at 85

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 14, 2022
Ver voynt in an ananas untern yam? (Photo/Getty; Design/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inTV & Film

The ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ theme song is now in Yiddish

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA June 14, 2022
Nancy Fox will perform at the JCC of San Francisco on June 30.
Posted inMusic

Cancer survivor, 82, to bring joy in patriotic piano concert

by Liz Harris June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Serayah as Rbel in the BET+ original series "Kingdom Business"
Posted inUncategorized

The gospel of ‘Kingdom Business’ director Christopher Erskin

TaRessa Stovall by TaRessa Stovall and Forward June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Billy Crystal performing a "Yiddish scat" routine during the 75th annual Tony Awards, June 12, 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inTheater

Billy Crystal’s ‘Yiddish scat’ and other Jewish moments at the Tonys

by Andrew Lapin and JTA June 13, 2022

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