Culture

Harvey Weinstein expelled from Oscars academy amid mounting allegations by women

An emergency meeting of the academy’s board “voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority,” the body that awards the Oscars said in a statement.

Jewish coach leads Colombia national soccer team into World Cup

Jose Pekerman is the only Jewish member of a team participating in the quadrennial event for the second year in a row, albeit from the bench.

Julian Edelman’s children’s book gets a Jewish makeover

The New England Patriots star read his book, which now features a quote from Theodor Herzl, to some 400 children and their families at a Boston-area JCC.