Posts Tagged: Alan Zeitlin
Bringing Young, Diverse Jews Together — Over Kugel
Simone Weichselbaum and Yossi Rosenberg decided it was time to shake things up. The best friends wanted to hold events for Jews who were single....
Mourning a Jewish Man of Laughter
He was a prankster who loved to wear purple. He was a devoted father of two young girls. His phone contact for his wife Laura...
‘Other Story’ Film Hits Highs and Lows in Discussing the Orthodox World
Parents don’t always approve of who their children marry. But when they try to stop the wedding, things can get messy. That's the case in Avi...
Abraham Foxman Talks Antisemitism, BDS, and Mel Gibson
Abraham Foxman is the National Director Emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor. He is the author of several books, including Jews and Money:...
Jewish Professor and Poet Discusses His New Book of Poetry
Baruch November is a professor of English at Touro College in Manhattan. His poems have appeared in The Forward, The Jewish Journal, Paterson Literary Review and...
Comedian Will Head to Israel Armed With Passover Punch-Lines
Is it permissible to make jokes during the Passover seder? “Of course,” says comedian Eli Lebowicz. "It’s the only way to get people to stay awake.” The...
Jewish Singer Uses Music to Get Through a Rocky Road
In the age of streaming music, releasing an album with 21 songs might not be the best business move. Giving it a controversial title that...
Why Matthew Broderick Wanted to Star in a Buddy Film About Jewish Mourning
Matthew Broderick’s comedic talent on screen is unquestionable. But starring in a film as a biology professor helping a Hasidic cantor deal with his wife’s...
New Play by Jewish Author Tackles the Environment and Sexual Harrasment
Calling a woman a “bird Nazi” isn’t usually the best way for a man to win an attractive woman. In the play Whirlwind, now at...
Bubbies Become Matchmakers in New TV Show
Linda Rich can sing, Bunny Gibson can dance, and S.J. Mendelson has sass. The three women star in a new show called Bubbies Know Best...
‘The Invisibles’ Tells the Amazing Tale of Four Holocaust Survivors
When death knocked at her door, Hanni Weissenberg refused to answer it. Living in Berlin in 1943 -- when the Nazis tried to wipe out...
A Jewish, Cancer-Surviving Comedian Is Up for an Adult-Themed Award
When Eitan Levine went to see the hit show Hamilton, he never imagined it could lead to possibly winning an award that would make him...
With Synagogue Membership Dwindling, Musician Looks to Show Meaning with Music
Joey Weisenberg may not look like a rock star. But staring at the crowd of more than 700 people on their feet at his recent...
‘Fauda’ Lead Writer Reveals Toughest Scene He Had to Write — and Thoughts on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
How do you craft the perfect scene between the hunter and the hunted? That was Moshe Zonder’s concern. The head writer of the award-winning show...
