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25 ViZionaries: Yuval David - No. 1

Leading advocate for Israel, promoting pro-Israel and Jewish activism.

OCTOBER 1, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Larry David attends the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 11 premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 19, 2021.

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ TV’s Jewiest comedy, to end after upcoming 12th season

“I’ve had every ethnicity, every race, stop me on the street telling me how much they love the show,” actress Susie Essman said about the show.

DECEMBER 16, 2023|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Gal Gadot poses on the pink carpet for the world premiere of the film "Barbie" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 9, 2023.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot to play Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in new film

"All I ever saw in regards to Cleopatra from film was that she was this seductive woman who had an affair with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony," Gal Gadot said.

JULY 18, 2023|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cast member Arkin attends the premiere for the television series "The Kominsky Method" in Los Angeles.

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor, Alan Arkin, died on Thursday at age 89.

JUNE 30, 2023|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

25 years after 'Casino': a primer on some of Hollywood's Jewish gangsters

The film's protagonist is based on Frank Rosenthal, a real Jewish gambling expert from Chicago who had ties to the Chicago Outfit and eventually headed to Vegas to run casinos for them.

NOVEMBER 28, 2020BySTEPHEN SILVER/JTA

Robert De Niro as Ace Rothstein in a scene from the 1995 film "Casino."

‘Dirty Dancing’ sequel starring Jennifer Grey announced

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed the news on Thursday.

AUGUST 8, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in a scene from the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing."

These 7 Jewish actresses shaped Hollywood as we know it

Jewish directors, producers and writers are credited with developing the Hollywood system as we know it today.

FEBRUARY 28, 2020ByHANNAH STEINKOPF-FRANK/JTA

Billy Crystal plays a rabbi for the first time in this indie drama

“Dirty Dancing” star Jennifer Grey has a small role in the film, as does Scott Caan (son of Jewish actor James Caan).

FEBRUARY 8, 2019BySTEPHEN SILVER/JTA

Actor Billy Crystal poses at the premiere for the documentary "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind" in California, 2018.

From Hollywood to the Holy Land

The legendary Ben Bard Drama School was for decades one of Hollywood’s most prominent and respected acting academies.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019ByYAKIR FELDMAN

Ben Bard was a talented stage and film actor whose respected theater company and acting academy made him an influential Hollywood figure.

Harvey Weinstein's motion for criminal case dismissal denied

The accusations led to the #MeToo movement in which hundreds of women have publicly accused powerful men in business, politics and entertainment of sexual harassment and abuse.

DECEMBER 20, 2018ByREUTERS