Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” drew seven Oscar nominations Tuesday, including best picture and best director. Spielberg’s best-director…
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February’s programs at Edmonton’s Beth Israel ‘sparkle’ for the whole family
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Winter weather in Edmonton is eclectic but winter programming at Edmonton’s Beth Israel Synagogue – known as the Family Shul…
Rabbi Mark Glickman: Some things you should know about Reform Judaism
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (AJNews) – When I moved here from the United States six years ago, I was surprised to learn that Judaism in…
Dvora Hacohen, Joshua Cohen, Dara Horn win big at the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette Szold won two honors, including Jewish Book of the Year, from the Jewish…
33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits the ritual
by Phyllis Cramer (JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer,…