Culture

Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed for the High Holidays for the first time

Even with Israel’s upcoming lockdown rules in effect, “there is still a risk” of spreading the coronavirus in person, the synagogue said in a statement.

By Marcy Oster September 14, 2020 12:00 pm

Gal Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel debut delayed again until Christmas

Meanwhile, the Israeli actress will star in two other blockbusters.

September 14, 2020 11:52 am

Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

To her character, wearing a MAGA hat in New York City is “like me going to Nebraska, wearing a yarmulke, waving a rainbow flag while reading a book!”

September 11, 2020 4:41 pm

Want to catch up on 5780 in Jewish pop culture? Start here, with The Almas.

By Gabe Friedman September 11, 2020 11:13 am

Film about Nicholas Winton, rescuer of children from the Nazis, stars Anthony Hopkins

By Marcy Oster September 10, 2020 12:46 pm

In Netflix’s ‘Away,’ Ato Essandoh is an African-British-Jewish astronaut. It’s not his first Jewish starring role.

By Gabe Friedman September 10, 2020 11:50 am

Kosher deli chef will compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

By Shira Hanau September 10, 2020 10:36 am

Opinion

The joys of a Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah Seder

By Donna Maher September 9, 2020 4:26 pm

from Alma

Meet the 86-year-old Jewish volunteer running a food bank on the outskirts of America

By Ben Harris September 8, 2020 4:47 pm

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

How an annual religious pilgrimage created a year-round Jewish community in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 4, 2020 3:33 pm

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