7 Yom Kippur-themed shows to watch
By Linda Buchwald (JTA) — When it comes to Jewish holidays in pop culture, Hanukkah gets top billing — but that has more to do…
Film
New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers
By Ben Sales (JTA) — In 1940, as he was being transported to safety in the lower deck of a ship, the Jewish author Lion…
In ‘Blazing Saddles,’ Gene Wilder helped recall a fading black-Jewish alliance
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Last year I joined some 3,000 people at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for a wide-screen showing of…
Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and other classic comedies, dies at 83
(JTA) — Gene Wilder, a comedic actor known for playing wild-eyed eccentrics such as the titular characters in “Young Frankenstein” and “Willy Wonka & the…
What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — In his new film, “Imperium,” Daniel Radcliffe plays FBI agent Nate Foster, who goes undercover to take down skinheads planning…