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Idina Menzel Dishes on ‘Redwood’ and Jewish Ethics
The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.

The Tony award-winning actor and singer is now starring in what may be the most positive Jewish play on Broadway in decades.
Arts
Painful and Piercing Public Art as Therapy
‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.

‘The hunger to create and share these works of art is a testament to the widespread trauma that grips Israeli society,’ writes Leora Eren Frucht.
Wider World
The Women Fueling the Rise of #JewishTikTok
From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.

From Orthodox lifestyle bloggers and food accounts to comedians and book reviewers, these Jewish content creators have exploded on TikTok.
Arts
Barbie’s Jewish Mother
Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.

Mattel’s iconic doll isn’t affiliated with a specific religion, but her roots trace back to Ruth Handler, a Jewish mom with chutzpah.
Arts
Holy Sparks: Celebrating Fifty Years of Women in the Rabbinate
A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.

A showcase of rabbinic achievement, featuring 24 women who redefined Jewish leadership.
Arts
Anti-Jewish Bias Is Spreading in Arts and Culture
It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.

It may be more subtle than a scrawled swastika or a torched synagogue, but anti-Jewish bias in that realm is nonetheless a growing phenomenon.
Arts
Black and Jewish Identities Converge in Art
A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

A generation of Black Jewish women are using art—paintings, drawings, multimedia works and film—to share and explore their multiethnic perspectives.

Arts

Mayim Bialik to Write and Direct Her First Feature Film

by Marcy Oster | JTA

Bialik plans to write and direct the film 'As Sick As They Made Us,' which will deal with mental illness.

Arts

Diane von Furstenberg Talks in ‘Liberty: Mother of Exiles’

by Curt Schleier

The noted fashion designer is the center of HBO's new documentary, speaking to visitors about their connection to the iconic statue and uncovering its history.

Arts

Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem in the Spotlight

by Josefin Dolsten

A new crop of theater, film and television is retelling the lives of 20th-century feminists, many of them Jewish.

Arts

Team Israel’s Amazing Run in ‘Heading Home’

by Gerri Miller

The documentary about the underdog team's surprise success in the 2017 World Baseball Classic depicts the players’ experiences on the field and off.

Arts

Alternating Perspectives in HBO’s ‘Our Boys’

by Gerri Miller

Based on true events, the crime procedural follows the investigation of the murder of a Palestinian teen just before the outbreak of the 2014 war in Gaza.