(JTA) — By his own admission, Rob Reiner was not the right person to direct “LBJ,” a film biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States.
Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah will be hosting a challah bake-off titled Mega Challah Bake 200 tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7:00 p.m.
“The Women’s Balcony,” an Israeli film that garnered great praise when it was first released in Israel in 2016 and in this country last year, is a comedy that will be the first film in the Cathy and Morris...
(JTA) — Actress Mayim Bialik has apologized following a backlash against her New York Times op-ed suggesting that dressing and acting modestly is protection against sexual assault and harassment.
In the op-ed Friday, written in response to allegations of sexual...
(JTA) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it has not considered withdrawing an award given to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired by the production company he founded following a string of sexual harassment allegations.
(JTA) — The celebrated Russian-Jewish pianist Mikhail Klein collapsed and died on stage while performing his own composition in his hometown of Irkutsk.
Klein, who in 1987 was awarded the prestigious title of Honored Artist of Russia, reportedly died of...
(JTA) — Gal Gadot, making her debut as host of “Saturday Night Live,” spoke Hebrew, kissed cast member Kate McKinnon and portrayed a Bosnian woman going on a blind date with O.J. Simpson.
(JTA) — Harvey Weinstein was fired from the movie production firm he started following sexual harassment allegations by several women, including actress Ashley Judd.
The Weinstein Company’s directors announced the dismissal Sunday, citing “new information about misconduct” by Weinstein, who...
(JTA) — Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an American television actress who gained fame on the hit series “Seinfeld,” was diagnosed as suffering from breast cancer.
Louis-Dreyfus, whose paternal grandfather was Jewish, broke the news Thursday on Twitter.
