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…
Film
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…
New PBS special examines ‘Seeds of Conflict’ in the Middle East
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Conflict between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East now appears a permanent condition, but it didn’t have…