October 16, 2025
At 95, Oscar-nominated actress June Squibb is having quite the third-act renaissance, starring in her first leading role (Thelma) only last year. And in this year’s Eleanor The Great, Squibb, […]
September 2, 2025
Is “Fiddler on the Roof” a Jewish Text? I’ve been walking around my kitchen humming If I Were a Rich Man. I just saw “Fiddler on the Roof.” It was […]
August 21, 2025
There’s something nostalgic about sitting in a movie theater as the lights dim and the previews roll, a tub of popcorn in your lap. Going to the movies has always […]
April 23, 2025
The name Art Spiegelman is guaranteed to evoke one word for anyone familiar with the artist: Maus. His Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel (to date, the only one to be so […]
January 21, 2025
There is a new documentary about the Jerry Springer Show. Springer was a former Cincinnati city council member, mayor, and television news personality. Springer left Cincinnati for Chicago, where he […]
December 13, 2024
A capella group Six13 has chosen two songs from the cultural phenomenon Wicked for the group’s annual Hanukkah song. The group used the well-known hits Defying Gravity and Popular to […]
November 29, 2024
It can be cliché to call someone a pioneer, but for American film director, writer, and producer Susan Seidelman, it’s true. In her memoir, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About […]
November 22, 2024
Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a star in the early 20th century with a five-decade career spanning the stage, silver screen, and radio. In her early days, she was often told […]
November 20, 2024
The cruelty and ugliness of the Nazis and their collaborators is arguably most acutely felt when carried out against children. As The Boy In The Woods opens, Max (Jett Klyne, […]
October 24, 2024
This year, Halloween (the formerly pagan and now American version of Purim, without the awesome we-survived-an-attempted-genocide-and-now-we-eat-triangular-cookies back story) falls at the end of the Jewish holiday season. Some folks like […]