Gabe Friedman

In this undated image released by HBO, Lena Headey appears in a scene from 'Game of Thrones.' (HBO via AP, File)

February 12, 2019, 3:41 am

‘Game of Thrones’ actress Lena Headey to star in Israeli horror film

Actress who played Cersei and ‘Doctor Who’ star Karen Gillan have signed on for ‘Gunpowder Milkshake,’ which was written and will be directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado

By Gabe Friedman

New England Patriots' Julian Edelman speaks with members of the media during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

January 31, 2019, 5:06 am

Is Julian Edelman the best Jewish football player ever?

As the two-time Super Bowl winner aims for a third, he’s challenging for a place among legends like Hall of Famer Sid Luckman, a Chicago Bears quarterback

By Gabe Friedman

Women’s March National Co-Chair Tamika Mallory speaking in New York, April 22, 2017. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)

January 15, 2019, 2:37 am

Women’s March co-chair Mallory fails to condemn Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism

In testy exchange with Meghan McCain, Mallory will only say she doesn’t agree with Nation of Islam leader’s comments

By Gabe Friedman

December 29, 2018, 4:08 pm

Some of the inspiring Jews we lost in 2018

A tribute to the lives and accomplishments of the greats who died this year

By Gabe Friedman

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building on New York's Park Avenue, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. In the latest filings Friday, prosecutors will weigh in on whether Cohen deserves prison time and, if so, how much. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

December 14, 2018, 10:46 pm

Michael Cohen could get matzah ball soup and rugelach in prison

A former inmate describes FCI Otisville, a medium-security prison about 70 miles northwest of New York City, as a ‘federal Jewish heaven’

By Gabe Friedman

Don Was attends the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, January 26, 2014. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images, via JTA)

December 8, 2018, 12:23 pm

Blue Note head produces synagogue band’s surprisingly good album

Don Was produced the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer. Now he’s adding a rabbi’s music to his resume

By Gabe Friedman

Comedian Sarah Silverman plays basketball with a priest, a rabbi, an imam, a swami and a Buddhist minister to see which religion is the greatest (Screenshot/YouTube)

November 9, 2018, 11:35 pm

Sarah Silverman brings together 5 clerics for a game of H-O-R-S-E

The clergy show off their basketball skills on the ‘I Love You, America’ show to decide which is the greatest religion

By Gabe Friedman

Adam Sandler plays at a benefit concert in Los Angeles, March 3, 2018 (Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Artists for Peace and Justice via JTA)

October 27, 2018, 5:49 am

Adam Sandler’s ‘Bar Mitzvah Boy’ song is highlight of new special

Some critics are calling ‘100% Fresh’ the Jewish comedian’s funniest work in years, perhaps inexplicably so

By Gabe Friedman

Tarik Cohen tries Jewish food (YouTube Screenshot)

October 13, 2018, 9:50 am

Chicago Bears’ Tarik Cohen gets a crash course on Jewish culture

The 23-year-old running back heads to Sarge’s Deli in New York to learn the difference between matzah balls and mozzarella

By Gabe Friedman

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giulliani during an interview to the Associated Press in Jerusalem, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

October 8, 2018, 11:56 pm

Rudy Giuliani shares tweet calling George Soros ‘anti-Christ’

Progressive Jewish financier has come under attack amid fierce Democratic protests against Kavanaugh appointment

By Gabe Friedman

An image from the cover of 'The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman,' by Julian Voloj and illustrated by Thomas Campi. (Super Genius/via JTA)

October 6, 2018, 5:20 am

The tragic tale of Superman’s Jewish creators, told in graphic novel form

‘The Joe Shuster Story’ by Julian Voloj and Thomas Campi portrays the children of Eastern European immigrants and how they nearly attained the wealth they dreamed of

By Gabe Friedman

Adam Sandler poses on May 21, 2017, during a photocall for the film 'The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)' at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

October 4, 2018, 10:55 am

Adam Sandler sings Torah blessing on Howard Stern show

Actor joins radio host in reciting traditional bar mitzvah routine, noting the ‘weird situation’ of having to sing in ‘this secret language’

By Gabe Friedman

Gal Gadot on the 30th season premiere of the Simpsons airing on September 30, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)

October 3, 2018, 11:46 pm

Gal Gadot visits Jewish heaven in ‘Simpsons’ debut

In first episode of show’s 30th season, Israeli actress tells Bart that even though she’s not dead, ‘They like me so much I get to visit’

By Gabe Friedman

Seth Rogen attending the premiere of ‘The Night Before’ in Los Angeles, November 18, 2015. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images/JTA)

September 29, 2018, 9:59 am

Seth Rogen to play time-traveling Jewish pickle maker in new movie

Untitled comedy is an adaptation of a novella about a man who reawakens to a world full of hipsters after being trapped in a barrel of brine for 100 years

By Gabe Friedman

Actor Rashida Jones and musician Ezra Koenig attend UCLA IOES celebration of the Champions of our Planet's Future on March 24, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images via JTA)

September 27, 2018, 9:17 am

Rashida Jones has baby with Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig

Tabloid reports that actress and musician, who have never publicly confirmed their relationship, had their first child months ago

By Gabe Friedman