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OP-ED: Food critic Jonathan Gold had the chutzpah to take immigrant food seriously

By ROB ESHMAN

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Jonathan Gold was more than a food writer. Every obituary will tell you that, and so would he.

“Food is a way to look at the world,” he told me once. “I mean, everybody...

Sacha Baron Cohen plays an Israeli caricature to dupe Zionist conservatives

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sacha Baron Cohen is back, and he is taking aim at a strain of “pro-Israel” thought that has both delighted and unsettled many American Jews: the unconditional love engendered by the country among deeply conservative Americans.

In...

Emmys 2018: The Jewish nominees, from ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ to ‘Game of Thrones’

(JTA) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Sarah Silverman’s new late-night show earned Emmy nominations on Thursday.

“Maisel,” Amazon Studios’ popular series set in a very Jewish 1950s New York neighborhood, was nominated for best comedy series. Rachel Brosnahan, its...

Roseanne Barr will film and post her own interview on YouTube to explain ‘what happened and why’

(JTA) — Roseanne Barr is taking matters into her own hands to explain “what happened and why.”

On Monday night, Barr said on Twitter that she will film her own interview and post it online a day after announcing that...

Gal Gadot visits Virginia children’s hospital in full Wonder Woman costume

(JTA) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot took a break from filming the sequel to the 2017 movie “Wonder Woman” to visit a Virginia children’s hospital in full costume.

On Friday, Gadot posed for photos with patients and staff at Inova...

Podcast interview of emotional Roseanne Barr released by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

(JTA) — Actress Roseanne Barr became emotional and expressed regret for her tweet against a former Obama administration official during a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

The interview had taken place two days after ABC canceled her popular show,...

You Can Make An Entenmann’s Danish at Home (And You’ll Never Look Back)

By SONYA SANFORD 

(The Nosher via JTA) – I grew up in a home where almost every meal was made from scratch. In retrospect, I’m grateful for the delicious healthy food I grew up eating, but at the time I...

Nosher: Frozen Limonana: The Israeli slushie your summer needs

By CHAYA RAPPOPORT

(The Nosher via JTA) – Limonana is a classic Israeli drink that combines freshly squeezed lemon juice and mint leaves for a unique Israeli-style lemonade treat that’s beloved throughout the country.

Limonana is a combination of the...

Roseanne sobbed and apologized about racist tweet in unaired interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

(JTA) — Roseanne Barr reportedly cried and apologized for her racist tweet in a podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

Barr “was sobbing and very apologetic about the whole thing,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited an unnamed source....

Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump obscenity

(JTA) — Television host Samantha Bee apologized for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c***” on her TBS late-night show “Full Frontal” after she came under fire for the comment.

In a Thursday tweet, Bee called her statement from the previous night’s...