For decades, Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist whose ideas about how the body records pain helped millions find language for their suffering, has been regarded as the world’s leading expert in the study of trauma. His 2014 best-selling book, “The Body Keeps the Score,” turned him into an unlikely celebrity, a household name among […]
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A gaming platform used by nearly 400 million people a month is in turmoil after the company that owns it banned a user who goes by the name Schlep. It’s unclear why the user, a 22-year-old Texan, adopted a moniker drawn from Yiddish. But his showdown with Roblox over his efforts to rid the platform […]
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When Liangda Hu first tried doing Daf Yomi, the practice of studying a page of Talmud per day, he struggled to read it. Hu found the language of English Talmud translations uniquely archaic and, as someone who speaks English as a second language, difficult to understand. So he turned to artificial intelligence. Now, Hu uses […]
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Loehmann’s, the New York City-based discount department store that had a devoted — and deeply Jewish — fan base, is set to make a return later this month. Now under new ownership after closing for good in 2014, Loehmann’s will relaunch as a series of pop-up stores, beginning with a warehouse sale at Tanger Outlets […]
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For those who miss the very funny, very Jewish presence of the late comedy icons Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, a new off-Broadway play that tells the story of their eight-year relationship practically brings the legends back to life. “Gene & Gilda,” written by Cary Gitter and directed by Joe Brancato, is playing at 59E59 […]
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The Toronto International Film Festival has rescinded an invitation to screen an Israeli documentary about Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel — in part over concerns that the filmmakers did not have Hamas’ right to use its footage from the deadly day. The film festival, known as TIFF, also said it was seeking to avert […]
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Pop icon Madonna posted an urgent plea to Pope Leo Monday urging the Catholic leader to “go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” The post marked one of the first times that Madonna has commented on the ongoing war in Gaza since she joined a list of celebrities […]
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Beauty mogul Huda Kattan is defending herself against accusations of antisemitism after she echoed a series of antisemitic conspiracy theories about Israel in a social media video. “I feel compelled as a human to speak out for other human beings, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, and it’s also not fair that […]
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“Blacklisted: An American Story,” a new exhibit at New York Historical, explores a dark chapter of the 1940s and ’50s, when fears of communism led to government investigations of Hollywood and industry-imposed blacklists that silenced many entertainment professionals. Using a rich display of artifacts —such as telegrams, costumes, movie posters and archival video — the […]
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Over 130 years after he stood trial for espionage, Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus made headlines last month when French President Emmanuel Macron declared July 12 the date the country would remember him and the antisemitism that led to his imprisonment. This presidential declaration follows on the unanimous vote of France’s National Assembly that agreed to […]
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