‘The French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Jewishness has been at the fringes of several of Wes Anderson’s movies, but the famed director has never had an explicitly…
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Calling all women in Calgary to a Community Challah Bake: Oct. 27
(AJNews) – On Wednesday October 27 at 7:30 pm, House of Jacob Mikveh in Calgary will be hosting a community wide Challah Bake for women…
Impossible Pork is here — but the plant-based meat won’t be certified as kosher
by Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — Impossible Foods, the plant-based meat company, is releasing a long-awaited new product — but unlike the wildly popular Impossible Burger,…
U of A Jewish Studies Week Lecture: Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust
by Jeremy Appel (AJNews) – As part of the University of Alberta Jewish Studies Week, the Annual Toby & Saul Reichert Holocaust Lecture will be…
On Netflix & elsewhere, new collections of Palestinian and Israeli films are available for streaming
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Some of Netflix’s biggest international hits of the last few years — from “Fauda” to “Shtisel” — have been Israeli…