Disney’s ‘Elena of Avalor’ is introducing a Latina Jewish princess who celebrates Hanukkah
by Marcy Oster (JTA) — Disney is introducing a Latina Jewish princess who celebrates Hanukkah. The princess, still to be named, will appear on the…
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Before his death at 27, Jewish movie star Anton Yelchin did it all — while battling a secret illness
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — When movie star Anton Yelchin was crushed between his Jeep and a brick pillar outside his home in June 2016,…
Is there anything Jewish mama Rain Pryor — Richard’s daughter — can’t do?
by Arielle Kaplan This article originally appeared on Kveller. Rain Pryor Vane may be the daughter of the controversial late comedian Richard Pryor, but she…
EJFF delivers a very successful film festival
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Yasher Koach to Edmonton Jewish Film Festival Chair Sam Koplowicz and his talented and dedicated organizing committee for putting together…
The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story
by Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — After decades of relative obscurity, the tale of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has become one of the best-known Holocaust rescue…