Culture
‘Fauda’ depicts terrorists as ‘real human beings’
Curt Schleier, JTAOct 11, 2018
NEW YORK — Moshe Zonder noticed it quickly: “My students are completely serious. They are writing. They are doing the assignments. All of them. It’s great teaching...
A tragic tale: Superman’s Jewish creators
Gabe Friedman, JTAOct 11, 2018
NEW YORK — When Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the Superman character in the early 1930s, they were still living at their parents’ homes. Of course, the...
New JK Rowling novel confronts modern anti-Semitism
JTAOct 04, 2018
By Yvette Alt Miller LONDON — For months, author J. K. Rowling has been warning about the dangers of anti-Semitism in England, sparring on Twitter with critics who...
Beitar Jerusalem documentary nabs Emmy
TPSOct 04, 2018
By Mara Vigevani “Forever Pure,” an Israeli documentary about the controversial Beitar Jerusalem’s hardcore fan club, known as La Familia, won an Emmy Award in the...
‘The Angel’ portrays Egyptian spy who helped Israel
JTASep 20, 2018
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES — In 1993, filmmaker Ariel Vromen was part of an Israeli Air Force rescue unit sent in to Lebanon to evacuate Jewish and Arab soldiers...
Book review: ‘Countdown to Shabbos’
Larry HankinSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION D PAGE 11 I clearly remember a song from religious school when I was very young: I must hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry What a worry,...
Aretha teamed up with producer Jerry Wexler
JTAAug 23, 2018
DETROIT — Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Aug. 16 at the age of 76. Her death reverberated so deeply that an incredible array of people from around the...
‘Operation Finale’: Human monster revisited
JTAAug 23, 2018
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES — Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film “Operation Finale” and he...
‘BlacKkKlansman’ is cautionary tale for 21st-century Jews
Charles Dunst, JTAAug 16, 2018
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “BlacKkKlansman.” NEW YORK — In 1965, two young Jewish men, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered...
Comedian Orny Adams talks about his Jewish background
JTAAug 09, 2018
By Steve North MONTREAL — Despite a career of more than two decades kvetching incessantly about life’s absurd little annoyances, comedian and actor Orny Adams...
