Mandy Patinkin calls on Jews to reflect on Gaza war: ‘is this acceptable and sustainable?’

In an interview published Saturday, famed Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin and his wife, actress Kathryn Grody, condemned Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and decried Jewish people who “allow this to happen.” Their comments to The New York Times magazine, while reflective of some Jewish critics of the war both in Israel and abroad, led some to […]

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He’s back: Larry David teams up with the Obamas to create new TV comedy series about American history

After his beloved and extremely Jewish sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended after 12 seasons last year, many fans undoubtedly had the same thought: Would this be the last of Larry David on TV? The notorious curmudgeon’s answer: Absolutely not.  On Thursday, David announced that he will be partnering with Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company […]

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The Jewish women who made Grossinger’s Catskill Resort famous are the subjects of a new TV show

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, the iconic Borscht Belt hotel that inspired the film “Dirty Dancing,” will be the subject of a new scripted TV series. The series, which is currently in pre-production, is being written by Alan Zwiebel, an early “Saturday Night Live” writer who spent his childhood summers at Grossinger’s, and Harris Salomon, whose […]

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Ari’el Stachel, an ‘Arab Jewish’ actor with a Tony Award, has a message about antisemitism for Zohran Mamdani

STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts — At the climax of his one-man show, “Out of Character,” the actor Ari’el Stachel declares, “I am a Yemenite, Israeli, Ashkenazi, Jewish, American actor with anxiety.” It’s a complex identity that has brought him major attention since his Tony Award-winning turn as an Egyptian trumpeter in the hit 2018 musical “The Band’s […]

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The antisemitic spree by Elon Musk’s Grok xAI makes it clear: AI poses a real threat to Jews

Earlier this week, Grok — the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk’s xAI — decided to go full Nazi. Posting on X, it used antisemitic tropes and advocated for a new Holocaust, all the while praising Hitler, calling itself MechaHitler and extolling its own willingness to courageously state the unfettered truth. “Noticing isn’t blaming,” it […]

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Jewish group shoots back after Candace Owens accuses rabbi of bribing pastors to criticize her

Ohr Torah Stone, the Israel-based Modern Orthodox educational organization, rejected claims made by far-right pundit Candace Owens Thursday that the group’s founding rabbi had sought to bribe Christian pastors to criticize her in their sermons. Owens, a provocateur who has previously embraced antisemitic rhetoric, made the allegations on her podcast and X account Thursday. Attaching […]

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