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Bob Saget

Bob Saget, comedian and actor who played Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ dies at 65

Saget honed his comedy as a rebellious Hebrew school student at Temple Israel in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich, acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker and son of an Austrian Jew, dies at 82

The director’s father rescued his Jewish mother from Europe in 1939.

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart backtracks, says he was joking when he called ‘Harry Potter’ goblins antisemitic

“Let me just say this, super clearly, as clearly as I can… I do not think J.K. Rowling is antisemitic,” Stewart said.

Woman stands outside jazz club

Sandra Jaffe, who ran New Orleans’ celebrated Preservation Hall jazz clubs for decades, dies at 83

A screenshot from a virtual tour of the Jews of Singapore Museum

A new museum tells the story of Singapore’s Jews, starting with their Baghdad roots

When a photographer trains her lens on her Jewish family, the personal gets political

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart says the ‘Harry Potter’ goblin characters are antisemitic

A woman folding her arms sitting on a chair.

An Iranian Jewish leader was executed in 1979. His granddaughter wants his story known.

Emma Watson

Israel’s ambassador to the UN invokes ‘Harry Potter’ magic in message to Emma Watson

mameve book obit

Mameve Medwed, novelist whose ‘New England Jewish wit’ infused her work, dies at 79

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