(Washington Jewish Week) — “I think Hank Greenberg was the great American hero,” Washington filmmaker Aviva Kempner says. “What he did on Yom Kippur. What he faced. He was our Jackie Robinson.”
NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — Amy Winehouse’s name may live on in the streets of her hometown – literally. Residents near the late singer’s old London neighborhood have been askedto brainstorm names...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Moviegoers who head to the theater for the showing of “42” will see the story of how Jackie Robinson displayed legendary courage, class and talent in the face of immense pressure and racial...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Some 65 years after a band of foreign volunteers took to the skies to ensure Israel’s birth and survival, filmmakers are racing to bring their exploits to the screen before the last of...
Seth Rudetsky, who has served as interviewer and pianist twice before in the “Broadway at NOCCA” series with Broadway legends Patti LuPone and Sutton Foster, returns this Saturday night to welcome his old friend Megan Mullally to the Lupin Auditorium...
(JTA) — A Los Angeles day school student landed a prom date with supermodel Kate Upton. Jake Davidson released a YouTube video last week asking Upton to the prom at Milken Community High School in Bel Air, Calif. The video...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Barbra Streisand will perform two Tel Aviv concerts in Israel in addition to performing at the 90th birthday celebration for President Shimon Peres.
The concerts will take place June 15-16 at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium, the Israel...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli military figures and religious students are objecting to the selection of supermodel Bar Refaeli as part of an ad campaign to raise Israel’s public image.
Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces,...
It’s been almost 63 years since Kurt Weill died, yet his mark as a composer of music in his native Europe and his adopted homeland of America is still legendary. Many of his works have joined the...
