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Kate Bornstein after the opening night of "Straight White Men" in New York City, July 23, 2018. (Walter McBride/WireImage)
“Me, I’m a Jew from the Jersey Shore,” Kate Bornstein responds. “And I’m what’s called nonbinary, which means not man, not woman in the English language.”
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Rachel Freier's Ezras Nashim idea triggered backlash in her observant Jewish community. (Julieta Cervantes)
“93Queen,” Orthodox filmmaker Paula Eiselt’s big-screen debut, documents one woman’s attempt to create an all-female version of Hatzalah with only strictly observant Orthodox members.
Read More“The Catcher Was a Spy” based on a 1994 biography of the same name by Nicholas Dawidoff, opens June 21 in theaters.
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Rachel Bloom at the Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 11, 2018. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Critics' Choice Awards)
Rachel Bloom revealed last month that the fourth season of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” airing this fall will be the show’s last, but she hopes to carry her feminist momentum into future projects.
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Brandon Polansky, shown in a scene with Samantha Elisofon, inspired the story behind Rachel Israel's film. (Kino Lorber Films)
The film is set at a real New York City Jewish community center and involves a successful program for people with autism and learning disabilities called Adaptations.
Read MoreZach Braff plays Alex Schuman, a Jewish character based on real-life Jewish podcast pioneer Alex Blumberg — a former producer for NPR’s popular “This American Life” and “Planet Money” podcasts.
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Melissa Rosenberg, left, with Krysten Ritter at the New York premiere of the second season of "Jessica Jones," March 7, 2018. (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images)
Melissa Rosenberg is becoming a feminist touchstone after women directed all 13 episodes of this season of “Jessica Jones.”
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Arthur Miller's tumultuous public and private lives are the subject of a new HBO documentary. (Arthur Miller Archive/Robert Miller/HBO)
“Arthur Miller: Writer,” a lovingly crafted documentary about the award-winning playwright set to air on HBO, doesn’t reveal a lot of new information.
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Itzhak Perlman, shown in a scene from the documentary "Itzhak," has endured hardships to become arguably the most famous violinist in the world. (Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment)
Itzhak Perlman, 72, is the subject of a new documentary, “Itzhak,” which opens in New York March 9 and Los Angeles on March 16, with an expanded release in the coming weeks.
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Danny Skinner, left, as Patrick Star and Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants perform in “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.” (Photo by Joan Marcus)
“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical” is a genuinely fascinating confection that will warm and win the hearts of, well, anyone with a heart.
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Gilbert Gottfried, the star of a new documentary about himself, shown with his wife Dara Kravitz. (Bingham Bryant)
The general consensus, as voiced by the comics interviewed in “Gilbert” — including Whoopi Goldberg and Bob Saget — is that much, if not all, of Gottfried’s transformation into a nice guy can be attributed to his wife.
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