Hollywood outlier: American actor Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life
It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes that have carried a weight beyond their years and a voice that teetered...
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame reboots, despite 2025 delay
On July 8, 2025, a new class featuring the likes of basketball's Amar’e Stoudemire, judoka Oren Smadja, Paralympian Moran Samuel, swimmers Sarah Poewe and Helen Plaschinski Farca de Finkler, sports commentator Chris Berman and...
Holocaust survivor among victims in Iran missile strike in Petach Tikvah
Israeli authorities have identified Yvette Shmilovitz, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, as the fourth victim of Iran’s ballistic missile strike in Petach Tikvah last week.
Eight people were killed and nearly 300 wounded by the June...
German-Jewish cyclist held in Iran since 2024, Iran’s state media say
A German citizen identified as Marek Kaufman, who is said to be Jewish, has been under arrest in Iran for over a year on suspicion of espionage, Iran’s state-run Mehr news agency acknowledged Saturday.
Iranian authorities allege...
Israel’s chief rabbis to announce national fast day for hostages
Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef announced on Tuesday that a national day of fasting in prayer for the hostages in the Gaza Strip would be announced "in the coming days.”
The announcement came in response to...
Florida post office renamed for Jewish lawyer who prosecuted Nazis
Naming a post office in Delray Beach, Fla., after Benjamin Berell Ferencz, a Jewish lawyer who prosecuted Nazis during the Nuremberg trials, is an effort to “not only remember the man” but also to “reaffirm...
Diaspora Jews under siege
Traveling in America over the past three weeks to speak about my new book, I found a Jewish community in shock, bewilderment and, after the murderous attack last week on a young couple outside...
Jewish filmmaker Marcel Ophuls dies at 97
Marcel Ophuls, an award-winning Jewish documentary maker, died peacefully at his home in southwest France on May 24 at the age of 97, his grandson Andreas-Benjamin Seyfert confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday.
A...
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Ben Avraham’s soulful journey
Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Ben Avraham stands at a unique crossroads of faith, culture and heritage. A convert to Judaism who proudly embraces his African-American identity while acknowledging his childhood roots in Islam, Ben Avraham...
German dignitaries pay last respects to Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of several high-profile political figures present at the funeral of 103-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer at the Weissensee Jewish cemetery in Berlin on Thursday.
Newly installed German Chancellor...