Sunday Features

‘Funny Girl’ national tour casts non-Jewish actor as Fanny Brice, reigniting ‘Jewface’ criticism

Some Jewish performers and their allies in the theater community say the production had advertised itself as “specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage.”

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This ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ star just got engaged

Fans of the show will recall the 29-year-old Jerusalemite for her intelligence, independence and zingy one-liners like “No abs, no Cindy” and “Putting on tefillin is hot.”

Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi (left) attend a press conference ahead of the Israeli premiere of the movie "Golda" in Jerusalem on July 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new film. The two are also (kind of) related.

Mirren was in Jerusalem for the Israeli premiere of “Golda,” the dramatic film she’s headlining about Meir’s handling of the Yom Kippur War.

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel

At event inspired by The Moth, yeshiva graduates drop the mic on their haredi Orthodox upbringings

Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained

Israel’s men’s soccer team is headed to the Olympics for the first time since 1976

A kosher baker rejected a synagogue’s order for rainbow Pride treats. The firestorm has been fierce.

The Nevele Country Club Stardust Room in Ellenville, New York, seen while the hotel was still in operation. (Catskills Borscht Belt Museum)

The first-ever Borscht Belt Festival celebrates a bygone Jewish era

Ed Asner plays a Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

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