Mayim Bialik to write and direct her first feature film

September 10, 2019

(JTA) — Popular Jewish actress Mayim Bialik will write and direct a feature film based on her own experiences.

The comedy-drama titled “As Sick As They Made Us,” which will deal with mental illness, will be Bialik’s screenwriting and directing...

Jonah Hill is engaged

September 09, 2019

(JTA) — Actor Jonah Hill is engaged to his girlfriend of one year, Gianna Santos.

The news was first reported last week by Page Six, a day after reports that Hill, 35, had purchased a 3,100-square-foot home in Santa Monica,...

Scarlett Johansson on abuse allegations against Woody Allen: ‘I believe him’

September 05, 2019

(JTA) — Scarlett Johansson threw her support behind Woody Allen, who has been accused of sexual abuse. “I love Woody,” the Jewish actress told the Hollywood Reporter in an article published Wednesday. “I believe him, and I would work with...

OP-ED: How Valerie Harper’s Rhoda embodied a very Jewish type

September 04, 2019

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Theater folk in England are debating a recent revival of the musical “Falsettos,” asking whether non-Jews should be playing its Jewish characters. In an open letter, critics of the religion-blind casting complain that non-Jewish actors...

Woody Allen’s latest film doesn’t have a US release

August 24, 2019

(JTA) — Woody Allen’s latest film is set to open at a French film festival, but it currently does not have a U.S. release scheduled.

Allen’s “A Rainy Day in New York,” which features Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning, was...

Gal Gadot to play Jewish actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in Showtime series

August 02, 2019

(JTA) — It’s official: Gal Gadot will portray Jewish actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in a Showtime limited series.

The cable network made the announcement on Friday.

Gadot had been rumored as the leading candidate for the role for about...

‘Glee’ was actually pretty Jewish

July 18, 2019

By JULIA METRAUX 

As a former theater kid, “Glee” was my favorite show in my adolescent years and — admittedly — I still listen to its covers of classics and newer pop songs to this day. So as someone who now...

Why cold soups are really Jewish

July 18, 2019

By SUSAN BAROCAS

When my 7-year-old son and I traveled to Budapest in 2002, we arrived at my friend Katalin’s flat at 11 a.m. It was already over 90 degrees F. and there was no air conditioning. We could barely...

Emmys 2019: All the Jewish nominees

July 16, 2019

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN

(JTA) — It’s Emmy season again and Jews in the TV industry have plenty of reason to celebrate. Out of all the nominees announced Tuesday, here’s a roundup of the Jewish picks on the list. Winners will...

Pink defends her kids’ behavior at Holocaust memorial

July 16, 2019

(JTA) — Pink defended a photo she posted of her children running at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The Jewish pop singer, whose real name is Alecia Beth Moore, shared photos on Instagram Sunday from her trip to the German capital. One...