In Israel, an Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra Builds a New ‘East-West’ Sound Together
Deborah Danan | JTA
A raucous crowd of football fans filled the narrow strip of grass between Tel Aviv’s music center and Bloomfield Stadium, home...
Finalists Announced for Lucrative Jewish Literary Award
Lisa Keys | JTA
Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish...
Woody Guthrie Documentary Is ‘Jewish Film About Very Non-Jewish Guy From Tiny Little Town...
Jonathan D. Salant | JNS
The same folk singer who wrote “this land was made for you and me” also wrote, “Chanukah candlelight, see my...
Israel’s Noam Bettan Places Second Behind Bulgaria at Eurovision
Steve Linde | JNS
Israeli singer Noam Bettan finished in second place at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna May 16, earning praise from...
‘Son of Saul’ Director Says Jews Are Shunned in Cinema
The director of “Son of Saul”, the Holocaust movie that won the Oscar award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016, said last week...
‘The Wanderers’ Tells the Story of Poland’s Holocaust Survivors Who Fled to the Soviet...
By Shira Li Bartov
Like many Holocaust survivors, Daniela Gerson’s grandparents lived by the vow to “never forget, never forgive” the annihilation of their Polish...
National Gallery Receives Major Gift of Works by Jewish Artist It Calls ‘One of...
By Menachem Wecker
The National Gallery of Art in Washington received a “comprehensive gift” of 1,261 photographs by Mitch Epstein, whom the museum called “one...
This Jewish Feminist Has Been the NYC’s Sanitation Department’s Official Artist for 50 Years....
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
In 1976, deep in New York City’s fiscal crisis, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles read a review of her conceptual work...
A Best-Selling Novelist Identified a Minor Character as Israeli. Some Fans Are Canceling Their...
Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA
A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character...
‘Sesame Street’ Post Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month Draws Support, Backlash
The TV show “Sesame Street” featured black and Jewish actress Kat Graham in its celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, which began on May...