Comedian Orny Adams talks about his Jewish background (just not on stage)
“We Jews find pain in everything!” says Adams, perhaps best known for a documentary that compared his early career track with Jerry Seinfeld's.
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Tisha b’Av is just another day for over half of Israelis
The 200,000 Jews who report visiting the Western Wall during the day of mourning are almost exclusively religious Jews.
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How the cast of a new ‘Fiddler’ learned their Yiddish in only a month
Only three of the 26 actors spoke the language fluently at the start. Oy vey!
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For Teen Vogue, bashing Israel has become the fashion
Articles critical of the Jewish state now share space with tips on makeup and celebrity profiles.
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What is Israel doing hosting a world lacrosse championship?
The sport's supporters recruited local talent and made a daring bid to bring the World Lacrosse Championship to Netanya.
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Study finds widespread history of sexual abuse among formerly Orthodox
By Sam SokolTwo Orthodox researchers see a link between abuse and the decision to abandon the strictly observant Jewish life.
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There’s an enormous Jeff Goldblum statue in London
It's a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the film "Jurassic Park."
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Croatian team celebrates World Cup success with performance by ‘fascist’ singer
The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a denunciation of a singer who has inspired sympathy for a pro-Nazi nationalist movement.
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Alex Bregman wins baseball All-Star game MVP with tie-breaking home run
The Houston Astros' third baseman became the first Jewish player to win the award since it was instituted in 1962.
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Natalie Portman gives a vegan lesson on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s life
The video focuses on Singer's vegetarianism, and how he wrote about the theme through a Jewish lens.
