In ‘Blazing Saddles,’ Gene Wilder helped recall a fading black-Jewish alliance
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Last year I joined some 3,000 people at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for a wide-screen showing of…
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Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and other classic comedies, dies at 83
(JTA) — Gene Wilder, a comedic actor known for playing wild-eyed eccentrics such as the titular characters in “Young Frankenstein” and “Willy Wonka & the…
Calgary Police investigating anti-Semitic post on Facebook
(August 29, 2016) – Police in Calgary have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday….
What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?
By Curt Schleier (JTA) — In his new film, “Imperium,” Daniel Radcliffe plays FBI agent Nate Foster, who goes undercover to take down skinheads planning…
Hamas, natural gas and other good reasons Israel and Turkey should stick together
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and Turkey ought to be friends, geopolitically speaking. As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put it in January: “Israel…