Culture
Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary gift
Penny Schwartz, JTAApr 19, 2018
NEW YORK — From his birthplace in Boston to New York, Berlin, South Africa, China and Israel, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the larger-than-life conductor, pianist,...
‘GI Jews’ in WW II: the anti-Semitism they faced
Curt Schleier, JTAApr 12, 2018
NEW YORK — “GI Jews: Jewish Americans in WW II” begins as many Holocaust documentaries do, with a history of the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany mixed with...
Barbie immortalizes fashion guru Apfel
JTAMar 22, 2018
Mattel toys has announced a new Barbie doll honoring Iris Apfel, the 96-year-old Jewish fashion guru. The Apfel doll wears the same green Gucci suit and jewels that the...
Israel’s latest social media sensation is a Togolese Christian
TPSMar 15, 2018
By Mara Vigevani As he walks in downtown Tel Aviv near the trendy Sarona market, Stephane Legar is stopped time after time by adoring teens asking him to pose for a...
Exhibit explores ‘Jews in Space’
JNSMar 08, 2018
By Shiryn Solny A new exhibition debuted in New York last week that explores the connection between Jews and something outside of our own world: outer space. At the...
Black Panther — a Jewish creation
Gabe Friedman, JTAMar 01, 2018
LOS ANGELES — If you have checked in on the pop culture zeitgeist at all in the past week, you know that the film “Black Panther” is breaking box office records...
Israel is tops for vegan tourism
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cFeb 22, 2018
“It’s been quite a revelation for me that you can be in a country for six days and get vegetarian and vegan food all the time. I have traveled to many countries and...
Interactive map lets you discover Europe’s synagogues
JTAFeb 15, 2018
LONDON — Europe has 3,318 synagogues, according to a new British organization that unveiled what it said was the first-ever pan-continental study of Jewish houses of...
Jewish-themed movies among 2018 Oscar shortlist
Tom Tugend, JTAJan 25, 2018
LOS ANGELES — With the Academy Awards on the horizon, there is no shortage of high-quality films to see in theaters and on the small screen. Here are five of the best...
Nancy Spielberg, Choices speaker, likes ‘unsung heroes’
Shana GoldbergJan 18, 2018
When Nancy Spielberg interviewed the US Armed Forces veterans who helped found the air force of the State of Israel, they didn’t brag about their achievements. “I...
