Jon Stewart looks back at his Jewish moments
By Gabe Friedman (JTA) – For years it has been written about, and on the night of July 23 it was sealed: Jon Stewart is…
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James Franco to have bar mitzvah, with help from Seth Rogen
By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — James Franco may be 37, but he isn’t yet a man in the Jewish tradition: The popular actor never had a…
Going ‘Inside Out’ on Tisha b’Av
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Does the hit Pixar movie “Inside Out” hold a clue as to why many Jews find it…
Amy Winehouse, through the lens (and the bottom of a bottle)
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — To anyone who has read a rock-and-roll biography or caught an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music,” it is a…
Michael Douglas: I ‘never felt accepted’ as a Jew
By Ben Sales JERUSALEM (JTA) — Michael Douglas hadn’t heard of the Genesis Prize when he found out that he’d won it. In fact, the…