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Quentin Tarantino opens Jerusalem Film Fest; shares love of Israeli B-Movies

July 08, 2016

By MICHAEL ZEFF

Jerusalem (TPS) –  The annual International Jerusalem Film Festival commenced on Thursday night, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Award winning film director Quentin Tarantino surprised audiences by opening the festival and revealed to Tazpit Press Service (TPS) that...

Sarah Silverman says she is ‘insanely lucky to be alive’ after health scare

July 08, 2016

(JTA) — Comedian Sarah Silverman said she is “insanely lucky to be alive” after being admitted to the hospital last week with a life-threatening condition.

Silverman in a Facebook post Wednesday said she spent last week in the intensive care...

Sarah Silverman, Jeffrey Tambor and Goldie Hawn to get Hollywood Walk of Fame stars

July 05, 2016

(JTA) — Comedian Sarah Silverman, actor Jeffrey Tambor, actress Goldie Hawn, Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban and actor George Segal are getting their own stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Their names were announced last week in the annual...

Rabbi Maurice Lamm, author of ‘Jewish Way in Death and Mourning,’ dies

July 01, 2016

(JTA) — Rabbi Maurice Lamm, the author of “The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning” and several other notable Jewish books, has died.

Lamm died Wednesday night “surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren singing him to the heavens,” his...

Morrissey of Smiths fame returning to Israel in August

June 29, 2016

(JTA) — Morrissey, the British singer-songwriter best known for his involvement in The Smiths, will perform two concerts in Israel this summer.

The 57-year-old solo musician will play Tel Aviv on Aug. 22 and Caesarea two days later, The Times...

Led Zeppelin did not steal ‘Stairway’ anthem from Jewish rocker, jury rules

June 24, 2016

(JTA) — The British rock band Led Zeppelin did not steal the famous anthem used in “Stairway to Heaven” from another rock band, a federal jury decided Thursday.

The verdict on a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the late...

Anton Yelchin, Russian-Jewish ‘Star Trek’ actor, crushed to death by own car at 27

June 20, 2016

(JTA) — Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin, who starred in the new “Star Trek” movies reboot, was killed by his own car rolling down the driveway.

Friends found Yelchin, 27, at his house Sunday pinned between his car and a brick pillar;...

Chabad rabbi competes on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

June 15, 2016

NEW YORK (JTA) — A Chabad rabbi is one of four clergy members competing in an upcoming episode of the Food Network’s “Chopped.”

In an already taped episode that airs June 21, Rabbi Hanon Hecht, a Chabad emissary in upstate...

Maroon 5’s Adam Levine offers to pay funeral expenses for slain singer Christina Grimmie

June 15, 2016

(JTA) — Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine has offered to pay for the funeral for slain singer Christina Grimmie.

Grimmie’s brother, Marcus, announced Monday in a post on his Facebook page that Levine — Grimmie’s coach on the sixth season...

Israeli author Etgar Keret awarded $100,000 Bronfman Prize

June 09, 2016

(JTA) — Israeli author Etgar Keret has been named the recipient of the 2016 Charles Bronfman Prize.

The prize recognizes Keret’s work “conveying Jewish values across cultures and imparting a humanitarian vision throughout the world,” the prize said in an...