(JTA) — Chanukah is “late” this year (no disrespect to lunar-calendar literalists), which means winter will be well underway by the time those first lights are lit. What better time to curl up with a good book...
(JTA) — Josh Radnor is starring these days in Richard Greenberg’s off-Broadway play “The Babylon Line.” For the 42-year-old actor, it is the latest in a long and impressive list of credits.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Israel’s hopes for an Oscar as best foreign language film were dashed when “Sand Storm” failed to make the cut as the entries from 85 countries were narrowed to nine semifinalists.
(JTA) — Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said in a speech read at the Nobel Prize awards presentation that he “never could have imagined” that he would receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
While most New Orleanians are familiar with Georg Frederich Handel’s “Messiah” oratorio, few have had the opportunity to hear “Judas Maccabaeus,” another famous oratorio based on the hero of the Chanukah story.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Kirk Douglas — actor, director, producer, author, philanthropist and Torah student — is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday, and there is a special treat in store for the centenarian.
(JTA) — American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, will send a speech to be read aloud at the awards presentation in Stockholm.
The Nobel Foundation announced his acceptance speech will be read at the...
(JTA) — President Barack Obama met with four of the recent American Nobel Prize laureates, including two Jews, but Bob Dylan did not make an appearance.
The winners of the award — physics laureates Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, economics...
