CALEB GUEDES-REED

Actors Michael Aloni and Yuval Scharf in 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' a historical series produced in Israel by Yes Studios. (Courtesy: Nati Levi)

May 21, 2022, 7:51 am

Israeli drama ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ makes Netflix debut

10 episode series follows a family of Spanish Sephardic Jews living in Jerusalem in the early 20th century, showcasing their Judeo-Spanish traditions

By CALEB GUEDES-REED and Gabe Friedman

Amar'e Stoudemire speaks in an Instagram video about his leaving the Brooklyn Nets, May 18, 2022. (Screenshot via JTA)

May 19, 2022, 9:09 pm

Amar’e Stoudemire drops Nets coaching gig to focus on Shabbat game

Former NBA star, now Orthodox Jew, reveals he told Nets coach Steve Nash he feels he is not able give his all to position because he doesn’t work on Saturdays

By Gabe Friedman and CALEB GUEDES-REED

Fernando and Josefina married in a Nazi-themed wedding in Tlaxcala, Mexico, April 29, 2022. (Jorge Carballo via JTA)

May 6, 2022, 7:46 am

Mexican couple gets married in Nazi-themed wedding on Hitler’s anniversary

Local authorities and Jewish community leaders denounce pair, who reportedly named their kids after prominent Nazi figures

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Rapper Nissim Baruch Black is now a fixture on Israel's streets. (Courtesy)

April 28, 2022, 4:37 am

HBO to produce comedy series about Hasidic rapper Nissim Black

Israel-based musician says he hopes the show ‘Motherland Bounce’ will help dispel some misconceptions about him

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Damon Lindelof appears in season 8 of Finding Your Roots (Screenshot via JTA)

April 12, 2022, 1:12 pm

Screenwriter Damon Lindelof learns about his family’s tragic Holocaust story

With help from Yad Vashem, writer known for ‘Lost’ and ‘Watchmen’ finds testimony detailing fate of his family in Białystok ghetto

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

This June 24, 2015 photo shows the Netflix Apple TV app icon. (Dan Goodman/AP)

March 24, 2022, 11:56 pm

Netflix to produce a ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ series

Though details remain scant, company’s companion site says it will feature ‘singles in the US and Israel as they turn their dating life over to a top Jewish matchmaker’

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Actress Keira Knightley poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "The Aftermath" in London, Feb. 18, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

March 7, 2022, 3:02 pm

Keira Knightley to voice Holocaust-era artist in animated film

‘Charlotte,’ set for release next month, tells the story of Charlotte Salomon, a German-Jewish painter who produced hundreds of works while in hiding during World War II

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Actor Henry Winkler visits SiriusXM Studios in New York City, October 2, 2019. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

March 2, 2022, 5:04 pm

Henry Winkler to star in new Israeli comedy about Haredi girl

Veteran Jewish actor to play the father of a Haredi woman who explores the secular treats of Israel in new racy TV series ‘Chansi’

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

A view of the future site of the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Saint-Laurent boulevard. (Dominic Lavoie via JTA)

February 19, 2022, 6:45 am

Montreal Holocaust Museum moving to new $80 million site in old Jewish quarter

Museum to relocate by 2025 to historical Plateau Mont-Royal quarter, once home to Jews who left Europe after the Holocaust

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro acknowledges supporters accompanied by her running mate Salvador Nasralla, right, during a closing campaign rally, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

February 8, 2022, 4:53 am

Honduras’ new vice president, wife have history of antisemitic remarks

But analysts say Salvador Nasralla, who is of Palestinian descent, unlikely to sway strong pro-Israel sentiment in country, one of a handful to have moved its embassy to Jerusalem

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

A view of Kolmar Park in Chicago. (Screenshot via JTA)

February 4, 2022, 9:57 am

Chicago residents seek to rededicate park to Jewish writer killed in Holocaust

Residents petition to rename site after German-Jewish poet Gertrud Kolmar to boost awareness of genocide

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

A photo of the Jewdle word board. (Screenshot via JTA)

February 3, 2022, 8:58 am

Jewdle launches in yet another offshoot of popular Wordle game

Online quiz offers players a Jewish educational component that does not exist in traditional version of the game

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

In this photo from July 18, 1994, a man walks over the rubble left after of the Argentinian Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires after it was targeted in a deadly bombing. (Ali Burafi/AFP)

January 29, 2022, 6:07 am

Argentine official causes outrage suggesting Israel should investigate AMIA bombing

Israel was not a target of the Iran-linked 1994 Jewish center bombing that killed 85; local Jewish community insists Argentina should do more to bring perpetrators to justice

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

This file photo from August 31, 2017, shows a Barnes & Noble Booksellers store in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

January 28, 2022, 12:20 am

Barnes & Noble removes ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ from website

Bookseller says the fabricated antisemitic text was automatically put on its online store from ‘standard industry databases’ before it was removed following social media outcry

By CALEB GUEDES-REED

Screen capture from vidoe of Pamela Adlon appears in season 8 of Finding Your Roots (YouTube via JTA)

January 25, 2022, 9:22 am

Pamela Adlon kvells over rabbi forefather

On ‘Finding Your Roots,’ comedian and actress makes ‘mind-blowing’ discovery her great-great-grandfather was a famous rabbinic figure

By CALEB GUEDES-REED