A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world. The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the…
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Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)— Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been…
Montreal’s incredible Jewish food Is the star of this new film about ‘Chewdaism’
by Joe Baur (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – Montreal Jewish food has received the cinematic treatment thanks to the new film “Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish…
Sacha Baron Cohen to helm ‘Chelm,’ an HBO cartoon about the shtetl of fools
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Imagine a village full of Borats, and you’re close to realizing the absurdity of Chelm. The real-life Polish shtetl, a…
Unable to film in Ukraine, Eurovision song contest winners made their intro video in Israel
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — This year’s Eurovision Song Contest did not go Israel’s way — but even though the country didn’t make it to…