One of the highlights of the JITC Hollywood Bureau launch last week was presenting celebrated agent, David Fishof, with the first-ever JITC Media Award for his role in Rock Camp The Movie, where he plays himself, a proud Orthodox Jew. Known worldwide for representing sports and music sensations such as Lou Piniella, Mark Bavaro, the Monkees, […]
12-year-old Adi Topolosky of Rockville, MD first appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show last week and then on Good Morning America this week in the aftermath of her journey in advocating for women’s sports representation. Her search for a pair of Elena Delle Donne WNBA sneakers was frustrating, so she started to push for sports […]
While Lakewood, New Jersey is best-known as a center of Torah study, there is a new trend for young, budding yeshiva bochurs: playing organized sports. RZF (Redzone Football) has led the way, founded by Moshe Reichman and Yitzchak Levy who both grew up in Brooklyn, where they met in 9th grade at Yeshiva Torah Temima. They […]
Last week, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sabbath accommodations in the workplace, ruling that accommodation is required unless it causes a substantial burden to the employer’s business. But how did a country founded on religious freedoms take almost 250 years to adequately protect Sabbath observance in professional spaces? […]
Religious Jewish fathers don’t get a very positive portrayal in the media. On the side of fiction, there’s Tevye, from Fiddler on the Roof, who is strict and expects his family to obey him. There’s Shulem from Shtisel, who tries to limit his son Akiva and his dreams of being an artist. And then there’s […]
Dr. Sheila Nazarian star of the Netflix show Skin Decision, is a proud Iranian Jewish woman, who uses her social platform to stand up to Jew hatred. In honor of Persian Heritage month, we sat down with Dr. Nazarian to learn more about her traditional Jewish life in Iran before her family was forced to […]
