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Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the 2021 version of "West Side Story." (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-20th Century Studios)
Posted inCulture

Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
Mel Gibson, unrepentant antisemite. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The prickly reason Mel Gibson will never be cancelled

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward December 9, 2021
In a recent episode of the 11th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David feels obligated to clean a Klansman's robe. (Photo/John P. Johnson-HBO)
Posted inOpinion

Larry David has never been more Jewish than in this season’s ‘Curb’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
Helene Wecker is the author "The Hidden Place," the 2021-2022 choice for the One Bay One Book program.
Posted inBooks

One Bay One Book pick ‘The Hidden Palace’ explores assimilation through fantasy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 8, 2021December 8, 2021
Alan Haim (left) and Cooper Hoffman in "Licorice Pizza"
Posted inCulture

Gabby Giffords has bat mitzvah; Jewish Grammy nominees; Haim goes to the movies; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 7, 2021December 8, 2021
Pages from "The Last Jews of Penang" show the Malaysian Jewish community's former synagogue.
Posted inCulture

New graphic novel tells the story of Malaysia’s lost Jewish community

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 6, 2021December 6, 2021
Ava Sayaka Rosen's tarot cards on display at the LABAlive event, Nov. 7, 2021.
Posted inReligion

Pick a card, or let it pick you: Oakland artist Ava Sakaya Rosen’s Torah-inspired tarot deck 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2021December 3, 2021
Choir! Choir! Choir! event at Massey Hall in Toronto. (Photo/Joseph Fuda)
Posted inMusic

Hallelujah! It’s time for a Hanukkah-themed Leonard Cohen sing-along

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
Kosha Dillz (left) and Nissim Black perform across Midtown Manhattan in the video to "The Hanukkah Song 2.0." (Screenshot)
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Nissim Black and Kosha Dillz, Jewish hip-hop royalty, remix Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ on the streets of New York

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA December 1, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

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