‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Exhibit to Open in New York in August
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ exhibit will open in New York in August.
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Author: Josefin Dolsten, JTA
Jewish-Themed Shows Well-Represented Among Emmy Nominations
“Russian Doll,” Schitt’s Creek” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” were among this year’s crop of Emmy nominees.
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Orthodox Newspaper’s Editor Calls African Religions ‘Primitive’ and Gay Rights Movement ‘Evil
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based publication says chief editor’s tweets represent his own views.
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Jewish Groups React to President Trump’s Controverial Tweets
Most national Jewish organizations condemn Trump’s tweets as racist.
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Philip Roth’s Personal Possessions to Go on Auction
Among the late author’s items to go on auction are his typewriters, a bat used by baseball great Yogi Berra, and a decorative plate bearing the likenesses of the Nixons.
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Cartoonist Disinvited from White House Defends Image Labeled Anti-Semitic
Ben Garrison defends a cartoon showing George Soros and the Rothschilds manipulating U.S. foreign policy.
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Filipino-American Rabbi Focuses on Jews of Color
Romemu and other other organizations seek to alleviate a sense of isolation among Jews of color.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reads her Dissent to Ruling Allowing 40-ft. Cross to Stand in Md.
Seven of the court’s nine justices voted to allow the Bladensburg Cross, a memorial to soldiers killed in World War I, to stand.
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It’s Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi Jews in This Take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’
This “Romeo and Juliet” production also includes songs in Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian and English — including a new take on pop star Ariana Grande’s hit “thank u, next.”
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Craving Gefilte Fish and Sushi? A New Kosher Restaurant Combines Them in a Roll.
There’s a gefilte fish roll, where the traditional loaf is wrapped with seaweed and rice and topped with carrot and horseradish. Another roll is topped with such a generous serving of cholent that it nearly disappears.
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The Life of Gay, Jewish Bullfighter Sidney Franklin
Born Sidney Frumkin in an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, the matador-to-be often clashed with his traditional father.
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