It’s nearly Purim — this year, the holiday begins on the evening of Thursday, March 13 — and there’s no shortage of family-friendly ways to spend this joyful Jewish holiday, including costume parties, ...
From such Oscar winners as 1947’s “Gentleman’s Agreement,” 1959’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” and 1965’s “The Shop on Main Street” to latter-day titles including “Schindler’s List,” “The Pianist” and “A ...
At the recent Roll for Destiny exhibition at the Schechter Gallery in Tel Aviv, an overlap between geekdom and religiosity ...
Three Jewish-themed films and an Israeli film are in the running for Academy Awards. “Inglourious Basterds,” a Jewish revenge fantasy in which a squad of Jewish GIs wipes out the Nazi leadership, won ...
The joyful Jewish holiday Purim is going pink this weekend in Scranton. Starting at sunset Saturday and continuing until nightfall Sunday, Purim is a lighthearted holiday based around the biblical ...
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It’s not unusual these days for a venue hosting a Jewish author or cultural event to get threatening messages and sometimes even cancel because it’s not worth the risk. Or a Jewish group wants to rent ...