Arts & Entertainment

Quinoa Pomegranate Fresh Salad (Photo by Huppit Bartov Miller)

Recipes: Enjoy Your Salad Days

February 21, 2019 Natalie Jeffery

Put the greens aside and dig into quinoa, corn, couscous and more.

"Juda" (Banijay Rights)

The Israeli Vampire Series ‘Juda’ is Coming to Hulu. Get Excited.

February 20, 2019 JTA

Combining elements of crime capers, body horror, comedy, music videos, classic noir and superhero stories, “Juda” is actually sort of indescribable.

Jeff Tweedy has opened up about his Jewish conversion while promoting his memoir and his first solo album. (Whitten Sabbatini)

Jeff Tweedy on His Jewish Conversion, the Next Wilco Album and Why He Loves his Synagogue

February 15, 2019 Stephen Silver

“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.

Spike Lee on the set of “BlacKkKlansman” with Adam Driver, who plays Jewish detective Flip Zimmerman. (David Lee/Focus Features)

Spike Lee: The Jewish Character in ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Added a Lot of ‘Complexity’ to the Film

February 15, 2019 JTA

Lee has had a complicated history with the Jewish community dating back to his early years as a director in the 1980s. His third film, “Mo’ Better Blues,” sparked critiques for its portrayal of Jewish businessmen exploiting African-American musicians.

Rashida Jones and Ezra Koenig in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 24, 2016. (Todd Williamson/Getty Images)

Rashida Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross and Other Jews of Color Nominated for NAACP Image Awards

February 14, 2019 Emily Burack

Announced on Feb. 13, here are the NAACP Image Awards nominees who are also Jewish, or have a Jewish connection.

Mah Jongg (Scott Schiller/Flickr)

Mah Jongg Isn’t Just a Game. It’s a Way of Life.

February 14, 2019 JTA

A Chinese pastime, mah jongg became a popular American parlor game in the 1920s. So many people were playing and creating unique table rules that it became difficult to play with others.

Sarah Silverman with “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS)

Sarah Silverman Opens Up on ‘Finding Your Roots’ About Feeling Like the Only Jew in Her Town Growing Up

February 13, 2019 Curt Schleier, JTA

“I was the hairy Jewish monkey in a sea of blond kids.”

Trader Joe's is now selling the popular Israeli snack Bamba. (Trader Joe's)

Nestle Denies Report it is in Talks to Distribute Israel’s Popular Peanut Snack Bamba in U.S.

February 12, 2019 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

While Nestle would have provided wider distribution, Bamba is still available in a range of major stores, including Trader Joe’s and Target, as well as on Amazon.

“Portal, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 1844.” Daguerrotype by Girault de Prangey (Bibliotheque nationale de France/Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The Earliest Surviving Photographs of Jerusalem Live On in Historic Exhibit

February 12, 2019 Karen Chernick

Twelve Jerusalem photographs are currently being shown as part of Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey, an exhibition that opened Jan. 30 at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

David Yazbek, left, and Dean Sharenow, winners of Best Musical Theater Album for "The Band's Visit," pose in the press room at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2019. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

‘The Band’s Visit,’ Drake Win Grammy Awards

February 11, 2019 Marcy Oster

Drake won for “God’s Plan,” but it was his only award out of seven nominations. The Canadian singer and former day school student has won a total of four Grammys among 34 nominations.

Billy Crystal as a rabbi in “Untogether.” (Freestyle Digital Media)

Billy Crystal Plays a Rabbi for the 1st Time in This Indie Drama

February 7, 2019 Stephen Silver

Billy 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.”