NBA star Joel Embiid goes viral for dancing the hora at Jewish friend’s wedding
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — NBA star Joel Embiid is an enormous man — around 7 feet tall and 280 pounds, to give an idea….
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CJA student performs on ‘Canada’s Got Talent’
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – Calgary Jewish Academy (CJA) student Kinsley Oykhman was born to be seen, and the world got to watch her shine…
Aviv Israeli Folk Dancers perform live at their Spring Show 2022
By Jenna Soroka (AJNews) – For the past two years, the performing arts has been greatly affected due to a variety of limitations, including the…
Golden Globes 2022: Andrew Garfield, and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ win big
by Shira Hanau, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Golden Globes fans may have noticed something different this year: The annual entertainment awards were not announced on…
Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?
by Jordyn Haime (JTA) — In 1955, theater director Jerome Robbins approached writer Arthur Laurents and composer Leonard Bernstein with a new idea for a…