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‘The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo’ is getting a star-studded Israeli adaptation

Together with Oscar the Grouch’s cousin Moishe Oofnik, Elmo will help Israeli children listen to each other.

By Noga Tarnopolsky August 19, 2022 2:11 pm

Yiddish-rapping, shtreimel-wearing Lea Kalisch says she doesn’t ‘run’ toward controversy

Though the Swiss born actor-singer-dancer often performs in Yiddish, her latest song is about chasing her dreams in the Big Apple.

August 19, 2022 12:01 pm

Amid outcry, Texas superintendent says Anne Frank adaptation will be back on shelves ‘very soon’

The 2018 graphic reimagining of the famous Holocaust diary was caught up in a conservative-led push to remove “pornographic” material from the school. Jewish groups have been furious.

August 18, 2022 5:37 pm

Fire destroys building at Grossinger’s Catskills resort, the inspiration for ‘Dirty Dancing’

By Julia Gergely August 18, 2022 4:33 pm

Jesse Eisenberg’s next film follows 2 cousins who explore their grandmother’s Holocaust story

By Caleb Guedes-Reed August 18, 2022 2:45 pm

A teenage Jared Kushner is the villain in a new play about antisemitism

By Lisa Keys August 17, 2022 3:15 pm

Johnny Depp, fresh off his defamation trial, is directing a film about Jewish Italian painter Modigliani

By Andrew Lapin August 16, 2022 1:03 pm

Svika Pick, Eurovision-winning singer who coaxed Israel into the world of pop, dies at 72

By Ron Kampeas August 16, 2022 9:05 am

Members of the Oberammergau Passion Play.

The director of Germany’s infamous Passion Play takes its antisemitic stereotypes by the horns

By Toby Axelrod August 15, 2022 9:42 pm

‘My Unorthodox Life’ family wins $25,000 for anti-child marriage group on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’

By Philissa Cramer August 15, 2022 9:18 am

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