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‘Suffs’ creator Shaina Taub cites Jewish text in Tony Awards acceptance speech

In taped remarks, Alex Edelman accepted a Special Tony for “Just For Us” and related the themes of his one-man show to the conflict in “Israel and Palestine.”

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

“We feel it’s the very moment for this film,” said director Julia Von Heinz.

Why Israel was the first country to get its own version of ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ bestselling kids book

Some of Swift’s fans are frustrated she hasn’t spoken out on the Israel-Hamas war. Israelis are relieved.

As MLB veteran Kevin Pillar enjoys a late-career resurgence in LA, he’s come to appreciate his place as a Jewish baseball star

LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures

Netflix’s ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’ aims to make the Holocaust hit home for a younger generation

A new movie about fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg explores legacy of her mother’s Holocaust experience

How New York is celebrating Shavuot 2024

Jerry Izenberg, Manny Pacquiao and Fred Sternburg

Jewish publicist and noted ‘good guy’ Fred Sternburg joins the International Boxing Hall of Fame

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