Culture
South African exhibit highlights Operation Moses
JTAMar 21, 2019
By Moira Schneider CAPE TOWN — In 1983, when Danny Abebe was nine years old, his Jewish family decided one Rosh Hashanah night to leave their remote village in...
New documentary explores the man behind the Pulitzer Prize
Tom Tugend, JTAMar 07, 2019
LOS ANGELES — It’s a story that would not sound too out of place in 2019: New York’s leading newspaper accuses the president of the US of corruption and the...
Millennials discover, reinvent matjes herring
JNSFeb 28, 2019
By Elizabeth Kratz You never know when something many Jews may associate with old-fashioned Jewish fare, like herring and crackers, will somehow turn high-end and...
‘The Little Spacecraft’ that could
JNSFeb 21, 2019
What do you get when you toss in a bit of “Toy Story,” The Little Engine That Could and The Magic School Bus? An optimistic (and very blue) “Berrie,” a
Jewish character in BlacKkKlansman adds ‘complexity’
JTAFeb 14, 2019
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES — In one of the pivotal scenes of Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated film “BlacKkKlansman,” Ron Stallworth, the first black cop on the...
‘Holocaust’ miniseries transformed remembrance in Germany
JTAJan 31, 2019
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN — For Sigmount Koenigsberg, the most searing scene in the US-made “Holocaust” miniseries broadcast here 40 years ago was when a German child...
The battle of stats: Greenberg vs. Ryan
JTAJan 17, 2019
By Scott Barancik NEW YORK — Barring injury, Ryan Braun should surpass Hank Greenberg this season as baseball’s all-time Jewish home run hitter. The 35-year-old...
Exhibit highlights stolen archaeological finds
TPSJan 10, 2019
By Mara Vigevani “Finds Gone Astray,” an exhibition of archaeological material retrieved from thieves and unauthorized antiquities dealers in the West Bank went on...
Fair share of ‘Jewish’ moments at the Golden Globes
JTAJan 10, 2019
LOS ANGELES — From Michael Douglas’ Yiddish exclamation to more success for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” to Regina King’s Hebrew-letter tattoo, the 2019 Golden...
Ol’ Blue Eyes’ kippah
JTAJan 03, 2019
By Stephen Silver NEW YORK — When a huge auction was held at Sotheby’s last month of items belonging to Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara, the item that made...
