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Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank

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Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. “A Small Light” will be told from the perspective...
Bob Saget (right) with his “Full House” co-stars John Stamos and Candace Cameron Bure at the Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine 2019 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Californian on April 25, 2019. Credit: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.

Fellow comedians recall Bob Saget, quintessentially Jewish funnyman, who died at age 65

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Robert (“Bob”) Saget was best known as the understanding and loving father Danny Tanner in the ABC hit sitcom “Full House.” As a recently widowed father of DJ, Stephanie and Michelle (Candice Cameron Bure,...
Israeli actor and screenwriter Lior Raz. Photo by Noa Nir.

Lior Raz on new show shot in Brooklyn, remembering 9/11 and being called sexy

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Being an international action star might be enough for some, but not for Lior Raz. Rather than rest on his laurels and three seasons of the groundbreaking Netflix show “Fauda,” he decided to make...

The Yiddishist side of upcoming ‘Jeopardy!’ guest host Mayim Bialik

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Jewish actress, neuroscientist and newly-minted “Jeopardy!” host Mayim Bialik is not just talented and smart. She speaks Yiddish and has proved herself to be a wonderful Yiddish comedienne, too. To read full article click here 
Jackie Mason. Source: Twitter.

Legendary Jewish stand-up comedian Jackie Mason dies at 93

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Jackie Mason, a former rabbi who went from Catskills comic to hit one-man shows, passed away on Saturday at the age of 93. Mason died at 6 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. His...

Hollywood’s war on Judaism

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A doctor walks up to a Chassidic Jewish teen lying in a hospital bed and tells him he needs a bone graft to save his leg. The teen and his father both worry that...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosts the stars of the Israeli series Fauda and members of Israel's special undercover police unit at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on Feb. 7, 2018. Photo by Mark Neyman/GPO.

‘Fauda’ becomes first Israel TV show to be dubbed in Farsi

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Critically acclaimed Israeli TV series Fauda is about to mark another historical achievement by being dubbed into Farsi. The Farsi version of the show is slated to air on Manoto TV, an international Persian-language channel based in...
Charles Grodin and Art Garfunkel in 2013. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish comedic actor, box-office star of ‘Beethoven’ Charles Grodin dies at 86

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Jewish actor Charles Grodin died of cancer at his home in Wilton, Conn, on Tuesday. He was 86 years old. He was “one of the funniest people I ever met … , ” tweeted Steve...
CCTV Headquarters famous skyscraper in the Central Business District of Beijing. Credit: Fotokon/Shutterstock.

Israeli embassy in China blasts state TV broadcaster for ‘blatant anti-Semitism’

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The Israeli embassy in Beijing accused China’s state TV broadcaster of “blatant anti-Semitism” after a presenter promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories while reporting on the U.S. government’s support for Israel. A presenter on China Global Television Network (CGTN),...