First I sat shiva for my mom. Then I ran a marathon.
By Andrea Stagg (Kveller via JTA) – When a Jewish person dies, the traditional way to grieve includes sitting shiva, a seven-day mourning period when…
Arts
Edmonton Street Performers Festival Receives John Mahon Arts Administrators’ Sabbatical Fund
(September 4, 2018) – Edmonton International Street Performers Festival is pleased to announce they have received the John Mahon Arts Administrators’ Sabbatical Fund through the Edmonton…
5 tips for making the snazziest Rosh Hashanah cards
By Stacey Ilyse (Kveller via JTA) – Growing up, I remember getting cards in the mail for Rosh Hashanah. They were always the normal, generic,…
Ben Kingsley carried a photo of Elie Wiesel with him while filming ‘Operation Finale’
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film…
Why Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is a cautionary tale for 21st-century Jews
By Charles Dunst Spoilers for “BlacKkKlansman” below. NEW YORK (JTA) — In 1965, two young Jewish men, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered along with black…