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Corey Fischer in “Lightning in the Brain” at The Marsh in 2016. (Photo/Ken Friedman)
Posted inTheater

Jewish Theatre co-founder Corey Fischer dies at 75

by Dan Pine June 9, 2020
Loud Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman will soon voice an animated Santa Claus. (Photo/Gage Skidmore-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Sarah Silverman is Santa Claus; Disney’s Jewish prince; Ben Platt hangs with Beanie Feldstein; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2020
Jerry Stiller at a fundraising event in Universal City, California, Feb. 17, 2008. (Photo/JTA-Michael Buckner-Getty Images)
Posted inComedy

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier and JTA May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
Hershey Felder performs as Irving Berlin, March 2017. (Photo/Samantha Voxakis)
Posted inTheater

Mother’s Day: Hershey Felder’s online Irving Berlin concert to raise money for local theaters

by Dan Pine May 4, 2020May 4, 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
Jason Alexander, upper right, invites non-Jews Josh Groban, upper left, Darren Criss, lower left and Rachel Brosnahan to join in a virtual Seder webcast on YouTube, April 11, 2020.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Star-studded Saturday Night Seder yields 1M viewers, $2.6M for charity and 4 big insights about the Jewish people

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
UC Irvine Law Dean L. Song Richardson on stage in “Shakespeare Trial: The Shylock Appeal” (Courtesy Berkeley Law School)
Posted inTheater

Mock trial for Shylock is ‘intellectual reality TV’

by Patricia Corrigan February 10, 2020
Corey Fischer in “Lightning in the Brain” at The Marsh in 2016. (Photo/Ken Friedman)
Posted inNews

Traveling Jewish Theatre’s Corey Fischer suffers serious brain bleed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 5, 2020February 5, 2020
Gwyneth Paltrow in "Goop Lab" on Netflix.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Nanny: The Musical’; Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop’; farewell to Buck Henry

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 21, 2020January 21, 2020
Mona Golabek in "The Pianist of Willesden Lane.” (Courtesy Hershey Felder Presents)
Posted inTheater

‘Pianist of Willesden Lane’ back for South Bay run

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 8, 2020

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