Roma, the Mexico City setting of Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar frontrunner, used to be a Jewish neighborhood
by Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Alfonso Cuaron’s film “Roma” has already won two Golden Globes, and many think it will be the first…
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Malaysia Stripped Of Hosting World Para Swimming Championships
(January 27, 2019) – Thanks to a mounting worldwide campaign, including a petition from B’nai Brith Canada that garnered over 1,500 signatures, the International Paralympic…
NFB observes the International Day of Commemorating Victims of the Holocaust
(January 25, 2019) – Starting January 25, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be streaming Éléonore Goldberg’s animated short film My Yiddish Papi (Picbois Productions/NFB) free of charge across…
A collection of Yiddish songs was thought lost forever. Now they’ve been nominated for a Grammy.
by Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA) — In the despair of the Soviet Union’s fierce World War II battles against the Nazis, a 42-year-old Jewish man from…
The vegetarian schnitzel that will make you not miss the real thing
by Sonya Sanford (JTA) – This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Schnitzel is one of the ultimate comfort foods. It’s hard not to like a…