Arts

By Marcy Oster / JTA The cast of the hit Israeli drama “Shtisel,” which has become a worldwide sensation, released a video of Passover greetings from...

The National Museum of Jewish American History filed for bankruptcy last month — then things got worse, not just there, but for everyone. All of...

By Marcy Oster / JTA Forget about “The Chanukah Song.” Actor Adam Sandler’s latest earworm is a tribute to doctors and nurses and an exhortation for...

Reviewing a sitcom about a Jewish newspaper presents a challenge for those who work at Jewish newspapers. These critics must question whether they are laughing...

At Passover, we recall the 10 plagues, recite the four questions, have two seders and leave one cup empty for Elijah. And now, here are...

You’re at home, stuck in isolation from COVID-19 and, worst of all, just ran out of “Shtisel” episodes to binge. Luckily, “Unorthodox” scratches a...

The rapper Lil Dicky — born Dave Burd — is a product of Cheltenham High School and Camp Kweebec, and is surely the most...

One way Batya Levine describes her music is as an Ashkenazi sound mixed with queer folk medicine songs. Another is as a means of...

“Still” Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender North Dakota State University Press “Still” traces a multigenerational Jewish family who fled Odessa for North Dakota where they...

“Young Heroes of the Soviet Union” Alex Halberstadt Random House It’s appropriate that Alex Halberstadt’s new memoir, “Young Heroes of the Soviet Union,” is shaped in many...