Jewish family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson by watching PBS show
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — Turns out you don’t actually have to be a guest on Henry Louis Gates’ PBS show “Finding Your Roots” to,…
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Scarlett Johansson cries when she discovers her family’s tragic Holocaust history on ‘Finding Your Roots’
(JTA) — Scarlett Johansson knew that her mother’s side of the family came from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, but she didn’t know much else about…
B’nai Brith Canada Reports: Antisemitic Posters Appear at University of Victoria
VICTORIA, B.C. – Students at the University of Victoria arrived on campus last week to find posters promoting antisemitism and white supremacy scattered around the…
Rob Reiner on Judaism, movies and his experience ‘home shuling’
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — By his own admission, Rob Reiner was not the right person to direct “LBJ,” a film biography of Lyndon Baines…
What did Jared know? Plus other Jewish takes on the Russia Affair
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether President Donald Trump’s campaign had ties with Russia, issued two indictments this…