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Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a Holocaust survivor who becomes a professional boxer, in HBO’s “The Survivor.” (Photo/JTA-Jessica Kourkounis-HBO)
Posted inFilm

Ben Foster pulls no punches playing a Holocaust-survivor-turned-boxer in HBO’s new movie

by Andrew Lapin and JTA April 26, 2022
Amos Gitai in Paris in 2019 (Photo/Transfuge magazine-Laura Stevens)
Posted inFilm

Once censored, Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai’s ‘House’ finds a home at Stanford

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 25, 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
A.J. Jacobs shows off "Jacob's Ladder," a custom puzzle that would take until the end of the known universe to complete. (Screenshot/Forward-Zoom)
Posted inBooks

A.J. Jacobs on Jews, puzzles and how Sondheim changed American crosswords forever

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward April 22, 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
in a screenshot from Russian Doll, a woman with red hair peeks out of a subway car door
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Russian Doll,’ inherited Holocaust trauma spills through generations — via time travel

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward April 21, 2022April 22, 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)
Posted inReligion

‘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"
Posted inTheater

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
Picture of Hellman standing amid archival boxes, with the cover of his book superimposed
Posted inBooks

In new vampire novel, trans writer Isaac Fellman sinks teeth into identity and desire

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 13, 2022July 20, 2022

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