‘La La Land’ ties record with 14 Oscar nominations, including for music by Jewish composer
(JTA) — “La La Land” received a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations, including for its music written by a Jewish composer, and Jewish actors Natalie…
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Campaign rhetoric and post-election hate crimes draw Jewish historians into the fray
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – In the two months since the presidential election, American scholars and curators of Jewish history have sent a…
Why Tel Aviv is Israel’s new ‘aliyah capital’
By Andrew Tobin TEL AVIV (JTA) – Meet Daniel Rubin, in many ways the new face of aliyah. Originally from Los Angeles, Rubin, 27, moved to…
Why I light my menorah in the window — and you should, too
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of…
Size matters: How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed two rabbis in Jewish court
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest…