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FILE - James Van Der Beek attends the FOX Winter Press Day in Los Angeles on November 18, 2024. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
February 13, 2026, 4:39 am
‘Dawson’s Creek’ star James Van Der Beek, dead at 48, had longstanding ties to Israel
US actor, who died after years-long battle against colorectal cancer, met his wife while traveling in Tel Aviv and later married her there
By Grace Gilson
Saul Rubinek plays a version of himself in 'Playing Shylock,' about an actor whose dream to play Shakespeare's controversial Jewish character is thwarted by timid producers. (Dahlia Katz via JTA)
October 25, 2025, 3:05 am
Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, ‘Is there ever a right time to play Shylock?’
On now at Brooklyn’s Polonsky Shakespeare Center, ‘Playing Shylock’ voices a fictional Jewish thespian’s complaints over a canceled production of the ‘Merchant of Venice’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Actor Jerry Adler arrives for the funeral service of James Gandolfini, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
August 24, 2025, 5:41 pm
‘Sopranos’ star Jerry Adler, who hailed from Jewish theater family, dies at 96
Adler spent much of his career behind the scenes on Broadway, then transitioned to TV and film acting in the 80s, eventually landing role of Tony Soprano adviser Hesh Rabkin
By Mallika Sen
Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crowley/A24)
March 2, 2025, 12:54 am
What’s Jewish about this year’s Academy Awards? Lots of controversy, of course
As Hollywood gears up to give itself its annual pat on the back, there’s a top-notch crop of films to pique The Tribe’s interest – and a healthy dose of off-screen drama, to boot
By Jordan Hoffman
Adam Brody, left, poses with fellow US actor Adrien Brody at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, February 7, 2025. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association via JTA)
February 10, 2025, 6:38 am
Adam Brody, Adrien Brody nab best actor Critics Choice awards for Jewish roles
Unrelated actors photographed together for 1st time as Adam takes prize for portraying a rabbi on ‘Nobody wants this,’ Adrien wins for playing Holocaust survivor in ‘The Brutalist’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Linda Lavin speaks at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards, March 19, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello, File)
December 30, 2024, 11:23 am
Actress Linda Lavin, who starred in long-running sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
Jewish Tony Award winner enjoyed a decades-long career on stage, TV and film, including in ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Wanderlust’
By Mark Kennedy
James Earl Jones accepts the special Tony award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the 71st annual Tony Awards, June 11, 2017, in New York. (Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)
September 10, 2024, 8:53 am
Award-winning actor James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, Mufasa, dies at 93
Jones won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors as well as an honorary Oscar
By Mark Kennedy
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder are shown in New York City in June 1982. (AP Photo)
March 26, 2024, 3:48 pm
‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ documentary salutes a Jewish comedy legend
Recently opened in NY and LA with a further rollout in the coming weeks, the film examines the comedic actor’s relationship with Mel Brooks – and what set their two styles apart
By Stephen Silver
Actor Wallace Shawn participates in a demonstration to support Gaza outside the White House on October 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via AFP)
January 13, 2024, 3:03 pm
Wallace Shawn, Cynthia Nixon lead actors backing genocide charges against Israel
The Palestine Festival of Literature partners with a handful of TV and movie stars in a video series spotlighting South Africa’s charges to the International Court of Justice
By ToI Staff
Matthew Perry attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2022 at The West Hollywood EDITION on November 17, 2022. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for GQ/AFP)
October 29, 2023, 11:52 am
Matthew Perry, star of 90s sitcom ‘Friends’, dies at 54
Actor, who played Chandler Bing, found dead in LA home; fire department responded to ‘water emergency’ but did not confirm drowning; celeb had long struggle with drug abuse
By Andrew MARSZAL
Johanna Merlin was an actress, casting director and acting teacher; she appeared as Tzeitel in the original Broadway production of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' and is seen standing to the left of a castmate in a 1964 photo. (NYU Tisch Grad Acting; Michael Ochs Archives via JTA)
October 17, 2023, 4:02 pm
Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92
The famed acting coach and casting director was said to be the last disciple still teaching the Russian naturalistic technique of Michael Chekhov later adapted as ‘The Method’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Mark Margolis was part of a long tradition of Jewish actors playing memorable villains. (AMC/IMDb via JTA)
September 28, 2023, 12:15 pm
The best onscreen villains played by Jewish actors
The theme of Jews in Hollywood has been at the center of a number of recent controversies, but there’s no debating the contributions of these resonant bad guys
By Eric Schulmiller
Sir Ben Kingsley arrives at the premiere of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" on August 16, 2021, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
August 15, 2023, 12:39 pm
Ben Kingsley reveals why he’s appeared in so many Holocaust films
British actor says ‘seed was planted’ as a young boy after seeing film on liberation of concentration camp while reckoning with his grandmother’s ‘vigorous’ hatred of Jews
By Gabe Friedman
FILE - Mark Margolis attends the premiere of "Noah" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
August 4, 2023, 9:32 pm
Mark Margolis, murderous drug lord on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ dies
Jewish actor was nominated for an Emmy in 2012 for portraying character Hector Salamanca, also appeared on Broadway and in movies such as ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Scarface’
By AP
Actor Zevulun Mosheashvili in an interview, October 27, 2016. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 4, 2023, 9:20 am
Zevulun Mosheashvili, comedy star known for role in ‘Shemesh,’ dies at 52
Georgian-born actor became religious in 1990s, released version of morning prayer ‘Ana b’Koach’ in 2021; co-star says he kept news of illness secret
By Michael Horovitz
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