NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — Drew Barrymore stopped by to discuss marriage and motherhood with the women of “The View” on Friday. Barrymore, who married art dealer Will Kopelman (son of Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman) seven months...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — It’s hard to imagine two more divergent perspectives on Israeli-Palestinian relations: that of a Palestinian farmer whose village is resisting the encroachment of a nearby Jewish settlement and of the security service chiefs...
(Jewish Ideas Daily) – I loved “Lincoln” as much as anyone and, as an American historian, took a special pleasure in it. Among many other things, I thought the depiction of Thaddeus Stevens was terrific. As the father of...
NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards kicked off the Hollywood awards season on Sunday, and it was in television that the Jewish people stood tall — notably Lena Dunham, the...
(JTA) — “Homeland,” a television drama based on an Israeli program, won for best drama at the Golden Globes Awards. The Showtime program, based on “Hatufim,” or “Prisoners of War,” also received awards for best actor, Damian Lewis, and best...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Two Israeli films are among the five nominated for best documentary for the Academy Awards.”Five Broken Cameras,” directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, and “The Gatekeepers,” directed by Dror Moreh, were among the films chosen...
(JTA) — Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Winehouse died of consuming too much alcohol, a second inquest into her death confirmed. Results of the second inquest provided Tuesday by the coroner, Dr. Shirley Radcliffe, matched those of the original in October...
NEW YORK (JTA) — You’re at a wedding or bar mitzvah, mingling at the bar or catching up with a distant relative, when you hear it — the opening notes of a familiar tune that as if...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli documentary “The Gatekeepers” was named the best nonfiction film of 2012 by the National Society of Film Critics in the United States. The film, which features interviews with six former directors of Israel’s Shin Bet...
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Reviewer, WYES-TV’s “Steppin’ Out”
The history of the Broadway musical and the influence of Jews in its development is examined extensively in a PBS “Great Performances” special that bowed New Year’s Day on WYES-TV. “Broadway Musicals:...
