Culture

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the influential band New York Dolls, has died at 69

He was born Sylvain Mizrahi to a Syrian Jewish family in Cairo in 1951.

By Gabe Friedman January 16, 2021 2:13 pm

In rapper Flo Milli’s new single, samples of Zero Mostel’s ‘If I Were a Rich Man’

It’s the R-rated Jewish rap mashup we never knew we needed.

January 15, 2021 5:33 pm

Actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart portrays a Jewish inmate at a concentration camp during filming in Belarus of the film 'Persian Lessons' in 2019. (Courtesy of HyperFilms)

In this original Holocaust film, a Jewish inmate makes up a language to survive

“Person Lessons,” nearly a foreign Oscar nominee from Belarus, sets itself apart by putting a human face not only on the victims, but on the perpetrators.

January 15, 2021 2:23 pm

Judges deliberate at the trials of Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany on Jan. 1, 1945. (The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Complete Nuremberg Trials recordings online for the first time

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2021 11:48 am

These 10 iconic Debbie Friedman songs are exactly what we need right now

By Maddy Albert January 15, 2021 11:40 am

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Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’ while the show seeks a permanent replacement for the late Alex Trebek

By Curt Schleier January 15, 2021 11:03 am

Raised Catholic, Coleen Dieker plays in both Irish punk and Jewish prayer bands

By Uriel Heilman January 14, 2021 3:36 pm

Jerry Nadler brought Zabar’s bag with ‘a babka and the constitution’ to the impeachment hearing

By Gabe Friedman January 13, 2021 11:48 pm

Glenn Beck appearing on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News on Jan. 12, 2021.

Glenn Beck is the latest right-wing pundit to compare social media bans to the Holocaust

By Ben Sales January 13, 2021 4:38 pm

The interior of the Holocaust Museum of Porto, Portugal in January 2021. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto)

Jewish community shaped by the Inquisition opens Portugal’s first Holocaust museum

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 13, 2021 4:33 pm

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