Culture

‘It’s a call to action’: A Yiddish theater company puts on a Sinclair Lewis play that imagines US falling into authoritarianism

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s production of “It Can’t Happen Here” features six different languages: English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish and Turkish.

Exclusive: In trailer for ‘Esau,’ Shira Haas and Harvey Keitel star in Israeli film based on Meir Shalev novel

JTA is debuting the trailer for the film, which also co-stars Lior Ashkenazi and is directed by the acclaimed Russian filmmaker Pavel Lungin.

The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and disinformation — in Orthodox communities

“The only way to solve this problem within the communities is to educate within our own communities because they trust us,” one doctor said.

‘Borat’ lawsuit from Holocaust survivor’s daughter is dismissed

Oscar Isaac to play Jewish superhero in Marvel/Disney+ ‘Moon Knight’ TV series

An anti-Semitic cake, a Holocaust survivor and a whole lot of Hebrew: All the Jewish moments in ‘Borat 2’

For the first time ever, Stockholm has a Swedish-born rabbi

Both sides of a commemorative 10 euro coin celebrating the 300th birthday of the Vilna Gaon in Lithuania. (Courtesy of the Bank of Lithuania)

Lithuania mints euro coin with Hebrew letters

A tram featuring Star of David stickers pulls up to a halt in Cologne, Germany on Oct. 21, 2020. (Courtesy of Synagogue Community Cologne)

Tram in Cologne, Germany gets giant Star of David and ‘shalom’ stickers to celebrate 1,700 years of German Jewish life

Arab-Israeli travel blogger Nas Daily denies report that he is a tool of Israeli government propaganda

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