PEN America Withdraws Support for Israeli Comedian Facing Canceled Shows
One of America’s leading free-speech groups has withdrawn its support for an Israeli comedian after previously describing the threatened cancellation of his shows as...
Rising Jew-Hatred Makes Hungarian Skier Want to Represent Israel in ‘Even Better Light’ at...
Ben Baruch | JNS
Barnabás (Barni) and Noa Szollos, brother and sister and Team Israel’s representatives on the ski slopes for the 2026 Winter Olympics...
A Spring Preview of the Arts in Jewish DC
Stephen Silver
Here are some highlights of artistic events coming up in the District and nearby throughout the spring:
February 27-April 5
The Arena Stage theater presents...
16 Jewish and Israeli Athletes to Watch in the 2026 Winter Olympics, From the...
Jacob Gurvis | JTA
All eyes might be on Israel’s unlikely bobsled squad, making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, but there are actually...
Reclaimed Holocaust-Era Music Comes to the Kennedy Center
In November 2005, the United Nations adopted Resolution 60/7: Holocaust remembrance.
The date selected, Jan. 27, was the day that one of the most notorious...
Judd Apatow Grew up Idolizing Mel Brooks. Now He’s Telling Brooks’ Story in an...
Stephen Silver | JTA
When Judd Apatow was growing up on Long Island, there was no debate about who ruled the comedy world.
“Nobody was funnier...
Timothée Chalamet and ‘Marty Supreme’ Net 9 Oscar Nominations for Jewish Sports Fable
Andrew Lapin | JTA
It was a “Supreme” Oscar-nominations morning for Timothée Chalamet and the heavily Jewish period sports comedy he stars in.
“Marty Supreme” picked...
French Publisher Recalls Books Portraying Oct. 7 Victims as ‘Jewish Settlers’
France’s largest publisher, Hachette, announced on Jan. 14 that it was recalling three high-school textbooks that describe the victims of the Hamas-led Oct. 7,...
The Battle for Israel’s Red Carpet, Post-Oct. 7
Orit Arfa | JNS
At the outdoor entrance to Jerusalem’s International Convention Center — convenient for the artsy types arriving from Tel Aviv by train...
Dramatizing ‘October 7’ for the Stage
Following Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, within days artists, families and friends turned to art to express what news accounts and...