by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Dec 9, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Fun, Performing Arts
The 2019 Golden Globe nominees were announced Monday morning, Dec. 9, and the film “Marriage Story,” written and directed by Noah Baumbach, leads the pack with several nominations. Here is a roundup of Jews and Jewish productions that were nominated: “Marriage Story”... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Nov 22, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts
Love him or hate him, rapper Kanye West has done nothing if not evolve over the course of his career. He has cycled through mainstream hip-hop, auto-tuned singing, soulful sampling, epic egotistical commentary and — as he would happily tell... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Aug 23, 2019 | Arts & Life, Food, Recipes
The Jewish Museum in New York City is serving a cocktail created by Cohen. He called it the Red Needle, since it’s red and he came up with the mixture while in Needles, California, in 1975. The drink consists of tequila, cranberry juice, lemon and ice. The... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Aug 16, 2019 | International, Israel, National, News
After being barred from entering Israel on Aug. 15, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) submitted a humanitarian request to visit her aging grandmother in the West Bank, and Israel’s interior minister approved it. But Tlaib changed her mind on Aug. 16, saying that in the end... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Jul 30, 2019 | Arts & Life
(JTA) — Barbra Streisand has been “writing a lot” about modern anti-Semitism in her memoir, which she has been working on for years. “It’s an extremely complex topic, and there’s not enough room in this interview to adequately cover it,” the show business... read more
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