Culture

Barbra Streisand is getting the next ‘Jewish Nobel,’ in prize’s return to celebrity tradition

Streisand will donate her $1 million Genesis Prize winnings to groups that aid the environment, advance women’s health, combat disinformation and aid Ukraine

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Michael Wolk became rabbi of Temple Israel in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2020, less than a year before the taping.

Barry Manilow’s ‘Harmony,’ musical about troupe with Jewish members in Nazi Germany, is headed to Broadway

The musical has endured a 25-year journey to the Great White Way.

Steve Guttenberg, and his very Jewish life, take the stage for a play adaptation of his memoir

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

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

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

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

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