Netflix’s ‘You People’ wasn’t funny at all to my Black and Mexican Jewish family
by Cinthya Silverstein (JTA) — As a couple that is two parts Jew, one part Black, and all parts lovers of comedy, my husband and…
Arts
Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’ earns 7 Oscar nods, WWI epic with anti-Nazi past gets 9
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his Jewish upbringing, had an expected strong haul of Oscar nominations, picking up…
Ambitious course to cover over thirty-three centuries of Jewish Literature: Register today!
(AJNews) – You are invited to explore eight genres of Jewish Literature with a diverse group of community members in both Edmonton and Calgary. To…
HOJMI officially welcomes Rabbi Nisan and Hannah Andrews on Feb. 26
by Marina Segal (AJNews) – Whenever Rabbi Nisan Andrews comes to work at House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel (HOJMI), the TV show theme music of Welcome…
Michael Twitty’s ‘Koshersoul,’ a memoir of food and identity, named Jewish book of the year
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — “Koshersoul,” chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about his career fusing Jewish and African-American culinary histories, was named the Jewish book…