Billy Crystal plays a rabbi for the first time in this indie drama
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — On the surface, “Untogether” is a drama about a pair of young women struggling to come into their own as…
2019
op/ed: Why the attempted attack on Islamberg should alarm Jews, too
by Ari Gordon (JTA) – Police in Rochester, New York, arrested four young men last month before they could commit a terror attack against the…
In ‘To Dust,’ a Hasidic cantor and a biology teacher played by Matthew Broderick are quite the odd couple
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — A Hasidic cantor and a jaded community college biology teacher don’t seem like two individuals who would be fast friends….
Why these Democratic presidential hopefuls voted no on an anti-BDS bill
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — AIPAC sounded relieved by the substantive Democratic backing in the Senate this week for a controversial pro-Israel bill initiated…
op/ed: Why Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism still matters
by Jonathon Stanton DEARBORN, Mich. (JTA) — On Jan. 31, we at the Dearborn Historical Commission adopted a resolution objecting to Mayor John O’Reilly’s refusal…