Culture

‘The Hobbit’ actor Richard Armitage stars in ‘The Boy in the Woods,’ a film based on a child’s true story of surviving the Holocaust

The drama will screen in NYC on Sunday, followed by a talkback with the actor, the director, and the real-life “boy in the woods” Maxwell Smart, 94.

Jewish influencer Ellie Zeiler swaps jet-setting for Jerusalem, taking her 20M followers along

Zeiler, who has been an influencer for half her life, has enrolled in an Orthodox seminary to study Judaism.

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‘It was a paradise of security’: 2 writers reflect on growing up Jewish in Queens in the 1970s

“Lolita at Leonard’s of Great Neck and Other Stories from Before Times” by Shira Dicker and “Adam Unrehearsed” by Don Futterman offer different perspectives on a “golden age” in the world’s borough.

Documentary about celebrity tailor and Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield premieres in NYC

Alex Edelman wins Emmy for ‘Just For Us,’ his HBO comedy special on antisemitism and Jewish identity

Old Jewish Men, the popular social media account, has a new guide to ‘futzing around’ and more

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

New documentary ‘The Bibi Files’ paints an unflattering portrait of Netanyahu. Will Israelis ever see it?

NYC officially recognizes Landing Day, when the first Jewish community arrived in 1654

Event for left-wing magazine Jewish Currents finds a new home after public complaints over cancellation

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