US Astronaut Records Holocaust Remembrance Message in Space
American astronaut Andrew “Drew” Feustel recorded a video message aboard the International Space Station commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Arts & Life
Abbi Jacobson, left, and Ilana Glazer speaking in Beverly Hills, Calif., July 25, 2017. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Viacom)
‘Broad City’ is Ending — Here are the Show’s Most Jewish Moments
The stars and creators of “Broad City,” Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, said April 12 that the hilarious Comedy Central show’s next season will be its last. That fifth season will air in early 2019.
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African-American Jewish Culinary Historian to Speak at Randallstown Library
Twitty’s background is reflected in his unique takes on traditional Jewish food. A Shabbat dinner at his house might include such dishes as “kosher soul-rolls” and Senegalese chicken soup featuring matzah balls and peanut butter.
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How to Deal with Difficult Colleagues
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre famously said, “Hell is other people,” and no place feels quite so hellish as a workplace with a difficult colleague.
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It’s the End of an Era for America’s 1st All-Kosher Supermarket
Holocaust survivor Sandor Kirsche trademarked the slogan “All kosher, only kosher,” and since 1973 it has applied to the forward-looking kosher supermarket he founded, Hungarian Kosher Foods, under the supervision of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.
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Sussman & Lev, shown
here around 1930, was Baltimore's first full-scale Jewish delicatessen. (File image)
Baltimore Jewish History Book Launched at Jewish Museum of Md. Event
The first Jews in Baltimore were mainly Dutch, around the same time as the American Revolution. Then in the mid-19th century, there was a wave of emigrants from the German states, Bavaria and Hesse.
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Ann Kathryn Kagan Paintings
View some examples of her paintings above and see her exhibition at the Meyerhoff Gallery at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts from April 10-May 29.
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Hollywood Execs Offer Support to Netflix After Boycott Threat Over ‘Fauda’
The show focuses on a commando unit of the Israeli Defense Forces whose members embed themselves in the Palestinian community, gathering intelligence and preventing terror attacks.
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Brandon Polansky, shown in a scene with Samantha Elisofon, inspired the story behind Rachel Israel's film. (Kino Lorber Films)
A Refreshing Romantic Comedy About an Autistic Couple who Meet at a Jewish Community Center
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.
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A small suitcase taken to the Budapest ghetto by a family named Horowitz, holding family photos, postcards and a challah cover, is on display at the Amud Aish Memorial Museum in Brooklyn, New York. (Courtesy of Amud Aish)
A Holocaust Museum in Brooklyn Tells the Story Through the Eyes of Orthodox Jews
Amud Aish is Hebrew for “pillar of fire,” a reference to the flames that guided the Jews at night as they wandered the desert during the Exodus from Egypt.
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The Music of Holocaust Victims Returns to the Dutch Concentration Camp Where They Suffered
In the case of Max Ehrlich, trying to survive meant producing with the Westerbork theater group of approximately 20 prisoners the most entertaining, wittiest and glitziest productions possible.
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