9 must-watch TV shows about Passover
By Linda Buchwald (JTA) — Everyone has their own way of celebrating Passover, from silly seder customs (Ten Plagues finger puppets, anyone?) to enjoying the…
Arts
Don’t pass over these 8 new books for spring
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — You know the story: When the Israelites made their exodus from Egypt, they fled in such haste that they did…
Don Rickles, insult comedian and actor, is dead at 90
By JTA Staff NEW YORK (JTA) — Don Rickles, the bullet-headed comedian and actor whose pioneering brand of insult comedy earned him the nickname “Mr….
This Beyoncé-themed Passover site is as fierce as it sounds
(JTA) By Gabe Friedman — Moses, Pharoah, Elijah — meet Queen Bey. There is a Tumblr website full of Beyoncé-themed Passover memes — or alternatively, as…
Richard Gere on channeling his ‘inner schlub’ in ‘Norman’
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — Richard Gere is sexy, suave, tough. He’s been the star of a constellation of films, from “American Gigolo” to “Pretty…