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Baby You're A Rich Man: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (left) stars as "Fifth Beatle" Brian Epstein in the new biopic "Midas Man." Co-starring in the film is Blake Richardson as Paul McCartney. (Kerry Spicer via JTA)
Now streaming on the platform Olyn, the film is the first to focus exclusively on the troubled life of the British Jewish music entrepreneur.
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A Bromance Beyond Belief? Ben Stiller (left) and Edward Norton starred as rabbi and priest in the 2000 rom-com "Keeping the Faith." (Getty Images, via JTA)
Rabbis and priests look back on Edward Norton’s “Keeping the Faith,” two decades after the romantic comedy hit the big screen.
Read MoreBarry Sonnenfeld’s new memoir recounts many of the Jewish moments and relationships he’s been a part of during his decades in the movie industry.
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The Hotel Raquel in Havana is one of the few places on the island where visitors can find traditional Jewish foods. Its restaurant is called Jardin del Eden, or Garden of Eden. (Stephen Silver)
For the remaining Jewish community in Cuba, traditional Jewish foods — from kosher meat to bagels with holes — are hard to find.
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Bob Dylan (left) was the best man at the wedding of his lifelong friend, Louie Kemp. (Courtesy of Louis Kemp)
Louie Kemp first met Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, at a Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin.
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In “Holy Lands,” James Caan plays a secular American Jew who moves to Israel to escape the drama of his family — and to raise pigs. (Cinedigm)
Caan’s most famous screen role may have been that of the Italian-American Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather,” but he’s a certified member of the tribe.
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“Veep” showrunner David Mandel says the Sherman Tanz character, above, was created with Sheldon Adelson in mind. (Colleen Hayes/HBO)
Does Jewish private prison magnate Sherman Tanz cross the comedic line into anti-Semitism?
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Ilana Glazer, left, and Abbi Jacobson at Comedy Central’s “Broad City” season 5 premiere party in New York, Jan. 22, 2019. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Comedy Central)
A big part of the “Broad City” women’s identities was their Jewishness — something they continually mined for exceptional comedy.
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Jeff Tweedy has opened up about his Jewish conversion while promoting his memoir and his first solo album. (Whitten Sabbatini)
“Sammy, our younger son, was struggling quite a bit with the [bar mitzvah] process, and kind of begging to not to be forced to go to Hebrew school,” Jeff Tweedy told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Read MoreBilly Crystal at first passed on the part, but a rewrite ultimately got him on board, and Emma Forrest said she got valuable input from him, which “really enriched the script and the film.”
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A Wawa Shabbawa program features a traditional Hebrew blessing and a traditional Philadelphia snack. (Stephen Silver)
The next Wawa Shabbawa is scheduled to take place Feb. 1 at the Wawa location in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood.
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