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All-female cast stages ‘Willy Wonka’

The musical “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” performed by the Jewish Denver Drama Girls will be brought to the stage by an all-female cast, Sunday,...

Everybody feels better after Jersey Boys

What is the common draw of reality television, the Super Bowl, rock concerts and live theater? The answer, according to Rick Elice, one of the writers of the hit musical...

Popularized in America by Jews, pickles pack a punch

By Josh Lipowsky, JTA TEANECK, NJ —— Walk into a kosher deli and a big bowl of pickles is typically waiting at the table. Ever wondered why? “Pickles are vital to...

With great power comes . . . guilt

By Simcha Weinstein MY “Spidey Sense” is tingling! Almost half a century after the comic book superhero Spider-Man was conceived by Jewish writer Stan Lee, a Jewish...

Is the Addams Family kind of Jewish? Maybe

WHY is it that so many comic actors, comedy writers and directors are Jewish? And why does a lot of comedy sound Jewish although it’s not necessarily meant to be?...

Sixty years of MAD-ness

By Dan Pine, j./JTA SAN FRANCISCO —— For a gap-toothed, dim-witted dork, Alfred E. Neuman sure influenced a lot of people. Everyone from “Simpsons” creator Matt...

‘Sweet Genius’ from Israel perfects the cake

By Josh Lipowsky, JTA TEANECK, NJ —— As the minutes on the clock tick away, the chefs run about their kitchens furiously trying to complete their Taj Mahal-themed...

When art imitates life

By Abe Novick NEW YORK —— As moviegoers over the weekend flocked to see Marvel’s new superhero ensemble, they would understandably associate the idea of...

Meet singer/songwriter Regina Spektor

NEW YORK — Regina Spektor has a cold — or as she calls it, “a nondescript New York disease.” The singer is onstage at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New […]

Koren Ethiopian haggadah explores contemporary redemption tale

PASSOVER EDITION SECTION C PAGE 14 The most amazing thing about the Journey to Freedom Haggada is that it took this long to come up with such an strikingly obvious...