Culture
Top dog of kosher pop art
JTAMay 19, 2022
By Lisa Keys, New York Jewish Week Award-winning Jewish artist Steve Marcus, 50, has made a career creating artwork for publications like Rolling Stone, The New York...
Wander among the ancients at Bet She’arim
JNSMay 19, 2022
Remnants of an ancient city, of mysterious inscriptions, caves and catacombs, not to mention gorgeous scenery—all are to be found in Bet She’arim, one of Israel’s...
Lithuanian Brazilian Jewish modernist was a pioneer
JTAMay 05, 2022
One of Brazilian modernism’s leading voices was Lasar Segall — a Lithuanian Jew who spent the first few decades of his life innovating in Europe before tackling...
‘The Survivor’ — he literally fought for his life
JNSApr 28, 2022
First, Harry Haft fought to save his life. Then, he boxed to find the woman he wanted to be his wife.
‘I’m 95, and suddenly a pop singer’
JTAApr 21, 2022
By Victor Wishna NEW YORK — Madeline Millman was just 17 when she took centerstage at the Adams Theatre in downtown Newark, NJ, stepping into the same spotlight where...
Documentary goes on ‘Fiddler’ journey
JNSApr 14, 2022
How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers...
Princeton exhibit canceled
Andrew Lapin, JTAApr 07, 2022
Princeton University spent months planning an exhibit of 19th-century American Jewish art before cancelling the show because two of its featured artists had supported...
Spices grown for quality — 300 specialized farmers
Shira Hanau, JTAMar 03, 2022
NEW YORK — Try to come up with the most Jewish spice out there and you might have some trouble answering. Ori Zohar and Ethan Frisch, the founders of the […]
Jewish high school senior makes first cut for ‘American Idol’
JTAMar 03, 2022
Could the next Jennifer Hudson or Kelly Clarkson be Danielle Finn, a senior at Los Angeles’ Shalhevet High School?
‘Maisel’ actress says you ‘don’t have to be it, to play it’
JTAFeb 17, 2022
When she was cast as Midge Maisel’s mother-in-law in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” veteran actress Caroline Aaron had no idea that a series about a very particular...
