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Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion
Paul Simon's music has enriched many lives and provided joy and inspiration, but many are disappointed by his stance.
'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
Jerry Seinfeld lands in Israel in show of solidarity
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.
Johnny Depp directing film about Jewish Italian painter Modigliani
Depp's new film will chronicle the life of the artist whose portraits and sculptures of Parisian women made him the toast of the early 20th century art world.
Face-to-face with Hanoch Piven
Although Piven's lifelong passion had been to draw faces, he fell in love with his own distinctive technique and all that came with it.