(JTA) — Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” who was tapped as the successor to Alex Trebek, will no longer host the game show following a backlash to offensive comments he made about a range of groups, including Jews. Last week Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Richards was set to be the daily host […]
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(JTA) — Alan Dershowitz’s Martha’s Vineyard vacations are still prettay, prettay uncomfortable. Larry David “screamed” at the prominent legal commentator at a popular convenience store on the island, the New York Post reported Wednesday, over Dershowitz’s ties to the Donald Trump camp in recent years. Those ties have made him a pariah at the posh […]
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(JTA) — This week Camila Giorgi won the National Bank Open, Canada’s most prestigious tennis tournament, and it was a milestone for two reasons. First, it was the first major title win in the 29-year-old’s career, and a huge upset — she was ranked 71st in the world before beating No. 6 Karolina Pliskova in […]
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(JTA) — “Is it possible to make a film like this without contributing to the Nazi Cinematic Universe?” This line of narration comes early in “The Meaning of Hitler,” a fiery new documentary about the persistent hold Nazism has on our culture, directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker. It’s a cheeky reference to the […]
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This article originally appeared on Kveller. In case you missed it, Jewish actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik is officially a new host of “Jeopardy!” She will be hosting primetime and spinoff versions of the beloved game show — including ABC’s recently announced college championship. Bialik may be best known for the memorable characters she’s played, […]
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Porn sites are not removing antisemitic content, watchdog group says – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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BERLIN (JTA) — “Jude, Jude, Jude einfach nur ein Wort.” The phrase — “Jew, Jew, Jew is just a word” — comes near the start of the opening rap theme song to the German talk show “Freitagnacht Jews” (“Friday Night Jews”), a state-sponsored program aimed at broadening the German public’s understanding of Jews and questions […]
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Mayim Bialik to host ‘Jeopardy!’ specials as the game show reveals post-Trebek lineup – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement
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(JTA) — In the woods of northern Ukraine, construction workers have built an island in time: a shtetl. That’s the Yiddish word for the type of old-fashioned Jewish towns that existed throughout Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. This new shtetl, comprising 18 buildings on more than an acre of land near the lakeside town of […]
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(JTA) — The Israeli TV show “Srugim,” which brought the lives of Modern Orthodox Jewish singles in Jerusalem to the screen, was a hit in its native country. It later found a large new audience in the United States after streaming on Hulu and Amazon. But now its creator, Laizy Shapira, is having major trouble […]
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