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Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025
Despite its grief, the Jewish world also took time to celebrate the lives lived by a constellation of figures who made lasting contributions to film, architecture, politics, and Jewish scholarship.
Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’
Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion
'A shining light for the American Jewish community': US Jewish leaders, groups grieve Charlie Kirk
This week in Jewish history: Nebi Musa riots, death of Reb Aryeh Levin
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Jerry Seinfeld lands in Israel in show of solidarity
Seinfeld landed in the country to express solidarity with the nation following the horrific massacre that occurred on October 7.
Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on antisemitism takes a turn amid war in Israel
In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against antisemitism.
Many Jews don't care ‘Maestro’ has been plagued by ‘Jewface’ controversy
"Maestro,” a biopic about Leonard Bernstein starring and directed by Bradley Cooper, took heat for months over its non-Jewish star’s use of a prosthetic nose.
Paul Reubens, Jewish actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, dies at 70
Paul Reubens, the actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, died at 70 overnight after a years-long battle with cancer.
SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight
Drescher is hoping that the same chutzpah will translate into a better deal for actors who say they are not being fairly paid for work that streams online.
Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, veteran of the war of independence, died at 97
Aharon Ariel worked as a journalist whose assignments, according to his granddaughter, included the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained
Handler created Barbie in 1959, when many Jews were wrestling with the concept of assimilation.
ChatGPT asked famous Israelis questions - here are their answers
On the occasion of the holiday, we asked Chat GPT to choose well-known personalities from a variety of categories and ask each of them questions.
All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2023
Last year, 17 Jewish players appeared in a game — a likely record. This season, the number could be even higher.
18 notable Jews who died in 2022
These well-known Jewish icons leave outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between.
