Jewish Celebrity

Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WW2 photographer in upcoming biopic

The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
13/09/2023

Paul Reubens, Jewish actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, dies at 70

Paul Reubens, the actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, died at 70 overnight after a years-long battle with cancer.

By REUTERS
31/07/2023

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

A Los Angeles native, Bloom, who studied drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, once told JTA that she always felt a kinship with New York Jews.

By LISA KEYS/JTA
25/07/2023

What Marc Maron’s comedy special taught me about laughter and Tisha B’Av

When we celebrate the genius of Jewish humor are we mocking those who suffered without its comforts?

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
23/07/2023

‘And Just Like That…’ star Alexa Swinton is having her bat mitzvah in Israel

It’s Swinton’s first visit to Israel, where she has many relatives she has never met before.

By LIOR ZALTZMAN/JTA
01/07/2023

Jason Schwartzman is a cantor and Carol Kane is his bat mitzvah student in comedy

Shooting for “Between the Temples,” a self-described “anxious comedy,” has already wrapped.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
11/05/2023

Judy Blume is having a moment. Here’s why Jewish women love her work.

Blume is having a moment with the recent release of a documentary about her life and career streaming on Amazon Prime titled “Judy Blume Forever” and a major on-screen movie adaptation.

By SARAH ROSEN/JTA
03/05/2023

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations in a big year for Jewish Broadway

The Tonys will air on CBS and various Paramount-owned streaming services on June 11.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
03/05/2023

'Parade' star Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume

This year’s event was a tribute to Karl Lagerfeld, the designer whose parents were Nazis and who led a fashion house, Chanel, that had its own Nazi past.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
03/05/2023
 Jerry Springer

Former US talk show host Jerry Springer dies at 79

Springer once said that he did not mind being referred to as the “grandfather of trash TV."

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