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Why are we still so obsessed with Hitler? An unconventional new documentary leaves the answer just out of reach.

August 16, 2021Sara Wood

(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 […]

10 Jewish facts about ‘Jeopardy!’ host Mayim Bialik you should know

August 15, 2021Sara Wood

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, […]

Porn sites are not removing antisemitic content, watchdog group says

August 13, 2021Arsen Mayer

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‘All the cliches on the table’: Germany’s ‘Friday Night Jews’ talk show uses humor to familiarize Germans with Jewish culture

August 11, 2021Jesse Orine

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 […]

Mayim Bialik to host ‘Jeopardy!’ specials as the game show reveals post-Trebek lineup

August 11, 2021Sara Wood

Mayim Bialik to host ‘Jeopardy!’ specials as the game show reveals post-Trebek lineup – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Filmmakers constructed an acre-sized shtetl for a Ukrainian WWII film. Now they want to preserve it as a museum.

August 11, 2021Jesse Orine

(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 […]

The creator of ‘Srugim’ is turning to fans to finance his next project

August 10, 2021Arsen Mayer

(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 […]

Trevor Noah takes aim at Ted Cruz’s love for ‘chutzpah.’ Cruz retorts in Yiddish, too.

August 9, 2021Sara Wood

Trevor Noah takes aim at Ted Cruz’s love for ‘chutzpah.’ Cruz retorts in Yiddish, too. – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

The Jewish history of Gold’s Horseradish

August 8, 2021Sara Wood

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. If you happened to be walking down the 800 block of Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn in the 1930s, you might have caught a whiff of horseradish in the air. From their Brooklyn apartment, two Jewish immigrants — Hyman and Tillie Gold, from Ukraine and Romania, respectively — […]

A dilapidated Bulgarian synagogue will become a cultural center — and lifeline for a dwindling community

August 6, 2021Jesse Orine

VIDIN, Bulgaria (JTA) — For 40 years, the central synagogue in this port city has resembled the town’s Jewish population — barely existent and rapidly aging. The synagogue, which was built in the 19th century, is quite literally a shell of its former self. Vines creep up the side of the stone walls and the […]