This man almost killed Hitler: An incredible true story
By Tom Tugend LOS ANGELES (JTA) —What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated shortly after his armies invaded Poland to start World War II? How…
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op/ed: Fewer marriages and fewer children means fewer Jews doing Jewish
By Steven M. Cohen and Sylvia Barack Fishman (JTA) — On Jan. 16, 1949, Toby Fassman married Max Cohen (Steven M. Cohen’s parents, now both…
Paul Shaffer’s post-Letterman act: Touring with ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Band’
By Gabe Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) — Paul Shaffer, sporting a gray T-shirt and a one- or two-day-old beard, is sitting in the living room…
Jared and Ivanka do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal.
By Ben Sales (JTA) — So apparently Jared and Ivanka play golf on Shabbat. Cue the handwringing. The New York Post reported Wednesday that the…
‘Oslo,’ Bette Midler and Ben Platt take Tony Awards
(JTA) — “Oslo,” a play about the 1993 Oslo Accords, won the Tony Award for best new play and its Jewish lead actor, Michael Aronov,…