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Jerry Izenberg covered 53 Super Bowls. His memoir covers his Jewish Newark upbringing.

In his 17th book, the 92-year-old reporter chronicles the bond he and his father shared over baseball and hating the Nazis.

Adam Brody to star as ‘charming rabbi’ in upcoming Netflix comedy alongside Kristen Bell

“In the series, Bell plays an outspoken, agnostic woman who falls in love with a charming rabbi, played by Brody, totally upending his safe life plan,” the streamer wrote in a brief statement.

Jerry Springer, son of Jewish refugees whose eponymous talk show was known for conflict, dies at 79

Before rising to the heights of tabloid TV, Springer was a politician who served as mayor of Cincinnati.

Did you hear the one about the Jewish comedians who set out to explain Israel?

Frankfurt can’t cancel Roger Waters concert over his antisemitism record, court rules

Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

Sofia Richie, Lionel Richie’s daughter, marries Jewish music executive after converting to Judaism

Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ brings viewers into the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district

The fuzzy, neurotic, unmistakably Jewish legacy of cartoonist Ed Koren

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on the Golem of Prague

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