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With bickering jokes, ‘Goldstein, the Musical’ sets Jewish family life to music
By Danielle Ziri
Running through the end of July, the hit play about three generations of a dysfunctional Jewish clan is a sometimes true, always poignant, airing of dirty laundry
Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Jim Stanek, Megan McGinnis, and Amie Bermowitz in 'Goldstein, the Musical.' (Jeremy Daniel)
April 25, 2018, 4:00 am
With bickering jokes, ‘Goldstein, the Musical’ sets Jewish family life to music
Running through the end of July, the hit play about three generations of a dysfunctional Jewish clan is a sometimes true, always poignant, airing of dirty laundry
By Danielle Ziri
Gail Asper with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Moe Levy, executive director of the Asper Foundation in Winnipeg. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2018, 12:56 pm
Canadian heiress throws millions into massive Tel Aviv-based Jewish hall of fame
The catch? Gail Asper still needs millions more for her dream $400-million Frank Gehry-designed museum, aimed at reframing the Jewish narrative and showcasing achievement
By Robert Sarner
Mikey Pauker is an up-and-coming Jewish artist. He's based in Berkeley, California, and is involved with an organization called Wilderness Torah, as well as with the Hindu-Yoga scene via Bhakti Fest. (Aleksandra Shira Dubov Lovetography)
March 19, 2018, 5:21 am
In Jewish redemption song, new album fuses ancient mysticism with reggae beats
Influenced by a brief foray into ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Israel, Mikey Pauker's rhyming lyrics quote the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
By Madison Margolin
'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist Sheldon Harnick. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2018, 8:40 am
With a new show in London, 93-year-old ‘Fiddler’ lyricist is still hard at work
Sheldon Harnick is in the UK for a premiere of his newest musical, 'Rothschild & Sons' -- and is already penning a future operetta
By Anne Joseph
Bea Slater's son Mitch convinced her to audition for the campaign. (Elaine Durbach/via JTA)
February 1, 2018, 3:40 am
Meet the 90-year-old great-grandmother who is the new face of JDate
Along with three other elderly women, Bea Slater is one of the tried and true 'yentas' representing the Jewish matchmaking site
By Elaine Durbach
A OneTable dinner hosted by Erica Mitchell in New York City, November, 2015. (Courtesy OneTable/David Joshua Ford)
January 21, 2018, 3:46 am
This Shabbat dinner pairing app isn’t for everyone — and that’s the point
Even while targeting a limited demographic, OneTable's demand outpaces supply, forcing the company to continue streamlining the most modern way to do the Day of Rest
By Gideon Grudo
Adam Goldberg as the Hebrew Hammer. (YouTube screen capture)
January 13, 2018, 12:41 pm
Ahead of sequel, the Hebrew Hammer pounds Nazis on social media
Adam Goldberg talks with The Times of Israel about his misgivings in playing the Semitic superhero and why he always wanted to be a Woody Allen character
By Yaakov Schwartz
Still from filmmaker Larry Weinstein's 'Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas.' (Courtesy)
December 25, 2017, 9:37 pm
Call Adam Sandler: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was Jewish, too
In 'Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas,' filmmaker Larry Weinstein shares why Christmas is just another Yiddishe holiday
By Tracy Frydberg
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. speaking at The New York Times’ New Work Summit in Half Moon Bay, California, February 29, 2016. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for New York Times/via JTA)
December 20, 2017, 5:56 am
The Sulzberger family: A complicated Jewish legacy at The New York Times
Throughout the generations, the paper has maintained a veneer of objectivity -- even as it buried stories of WWII atrocities against Jews
By Josefin Dolsten
Abbi Jacobson (left) and Ilana Glazer, the co-creators of 'Broad City.' (courtesy)
December 16, 2017, 3:32 am
Get ready for more chaos, humor, and chutzpah as ‘Broad City’ preps a 5th season
But first, check out the latest run of Comedy Central's hit feminist-Jewish-millennial show that addresses all the burning Jewy issues. And hair
By Anna Katz
Yo La Tengo members, from left to right: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew. (Jacob Blickenstaff/via JTA)
December 13, 2017, 5:51 pm
The world’s most famous indie rock Hanukkah tradition makes a comeback
Yo La Tengo, once famous for its eight-night annual holiday pageants, takes the stage tonight through December 19 for the first time since 2013
By Gabe Friedman
Rachel Brosnahan plays a spurned Jewish Upper West Side wife who discovers a hidden talent for comedy in 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.' (Screenshot)
December 13, 2017, 12:39 am
Amazon gifts us 8 marvelous episodes of Jewish dramedy like we’ve never seen
'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' is a successful character-driven period piece that's both old and new, putting caustic humor in the skillful hands of a strong female lead
By Jordan Hoffman
Josh Gad, left, and Chadwick Boseman in a scene from 'Marshall.' (Barry Wetcher/via JTA)
October 12, 2017, 9:17 pm
Josh Gad honors his Holocaust survivor grandparents with role in ‘Marshall’
In movie opening Friday, actor plays an attorney in a racist, anti-Semitic town who helps a black fellow lawyer -- and eventual Supreme Court Justice -- defend an innocent man
By Curt Schleier
Sixty Playboy bunnies celebrating the magazine's 60th anniversary in Los Angeles, Jan. 16, 2014. (Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Playboy/via JTA)
September 28, 2017, 7:24 pm
7 Jewish Playboy playmates from 62 years
Playboy's Hugh Hefner died Wednesday at 91. This article was first published when Playboy announced in 2015 it would no longer feature completely nude models. It's safe for work
By Gabe Friedman
David Litt, center, with President Obama and actor Keegan-Michael Key in the White House. (Courtesy of Litt/via JTA)
September 22, 2017, 1:43 am
Why Obama’s former speechwriter calls him the most Jewish president ever
Now a writer on 'Funny or Die,' David Litt says Obama’s way of seeing the world -- 'always asking questions,' with a 'real capacity for doubt' -- makes him an honorary MOT
By Gabe Friedman
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