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Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Local Jewish leaders join Israeli consulate to celebrate Israel in song

by J. Staff April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Ben Stiller and Edward Norton as a rabbi and a priest in "Keeping the Faith," which premiered in 2000. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.

by Stephen Silver and JTA April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Shira Haas speaks with Jonah, Henry and Ben Platt during a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration, April 29, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Shira Haas, Matisyahu and Dr. Ruth send birthday wishes to Israel in virtual Independence Day ceremony

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
Chloe Madeline on the cover of her new EP. (Photo/Jordan Zobrist-Courtesy InRage Entertainment)
Posted inMusic

Remember her name: Kehillah High teen Chloe Madeline is a pop star on the rise

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert April 28, 2020May 12, 2020
The cast of Canadian sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Rappers, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and homophobia in the time of Covid

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020
Disability rights activists Denise Sherer Jacobson and Neil Jacobson, subjects of "Crip Camp," in their early 20s. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inCulture, Film, TV & Film

‘Crip Camp’: disability rights activists and their summer of love

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat April 23, 2020April 27, 2020
Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Photo/Michele K. Short-HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve ever seen.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 22, 2020
red curtain
Posted inColumns

The show will go on (again) … and I, for one, can’t wait

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 22, 2020April 23, 2020
From the cover of "Growing up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood" by Rachel Biale
Posted inBooks

Rachel Biale’s new memoir looks at growing up on a kibbutz in Israel’s early days

by Jonathan Kirsch April 21, 2020May 11, 2020
Lior Raz (right) plays Doron, who heads a special ops team in the Israeli TV drama “Fauda.” (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Fauda’ returns to Netflix for season 3, as tense and chaotic as ever

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz April 20, 2020April 22, 2020

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