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Brenda Kassiola (left) and her mom, Amy Kassiola.
Posted inCulture

Artistic mother and daughter pass pandemic days creating mini-murals

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat February 17, 2022February 18, 2022
Ivan Reitman attends the "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" world premiere, Nov. 15, 2021 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Theo Wargo-Getty Images for Sony Pictures)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews go to the Oscars; The Jews go to the Super Bowl; Ivan Reitman dies

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Posted inCulture

S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022
The quest for the identity of the Native American man in the iconic Levy's Jewish Rye ad led Andrew Silverstein to this 1966 photo (left) of Joseph S. Attean in the book “New Haven Division, Murray Hill to Cedar Hill” by railroad enthusiast Allan Sherry.
Posted inCulture

It was the most successful Jewish ad campaign of all time — but who was the model?

by Andrew Silverstein and Forward February 15, 2022May 31, 2022
Screenshot of animated Marjories Taylor Greene from the "Gazpacho Police" music video.
Posted inMusic

‘Gazpacho Police’ is now an original klezmer song

by Julia Gergely and JTA February 11, 2022March 1, 2022
From the cover of "Many to Remember" by Rachel Kaufman
Posted inOff the Shelf

Jewish verses from the pandemic poetry surge

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 11, 2022July 20, 2022
A car passes by a Costco store in Seattle. (Photo/JTA-Toby Scott-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Costco promotes controversial Anne Frank book, even as Dutch publisher halts distribution

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
Jeweler Andrew Litwin and one of his creations, which reads "lev," or heart, in Hebrew.
Posted inCulture

A jeweler’s winding path back to Judaism, and the family business

by Liz Harris February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
Alex Borstein (left) and Rachel Brosnahan in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."
Posted inUncategorized

Are you ready for season four of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?’

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward February 10, 2022February 10, 2022
From the documentary "Breaking Bread."
Posted inUncategorized

In new documentary, Arabs and Jews find peace — in the kitchen

by Liza Schoenfein and Forward February 8, 2022

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