When people imagine UFOs, they almost always imagine a circle. The old language was “flying saucers,” a disc in the sky. The newer language is orbs, spheres, round lights, metallic balls. It is the same shape, seen across eighty years of witnesses, now described by people with better cameras and sharper sensors. For most of […]
Following two decades of socio-political change (and pressure from the Arab-American community), the US Census Bureau appears to be on its way to establishing a new Middle Eastern/North African category — separate from the “White-American” category we had hitherto been included under — on the 2030 census. As things appear now, this category will encompass […]
The 3rd Jewish Media Awards are coming to Lincoln Center on November 5. We’ll be announcing this year’s winners and opening up ticket sales next month! The 2nd Jewish Media Awards brought together some of the incredible people shaping Jewish storytelling and representation today. Winners included Fauda and Jewish Matchmaking, with presenters including Patricia Heaton […]
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Upon looking for an image for this piece, our initial search was for blood splatter, but we kept coming across blood stained flowers. That set off an alarm, and we looked up their meaning. Apparently, blood stained flowers symbolize the martyrs of resistance. While we can’t be sure of this connection in the music […]
With the inaugural Jewish Roots Screenwriters Collective now complete, we’re proud to introduce the program’s first cohort of fellows. Over the past several months, these actively working film and television writers explored Jewish texts, wisdom, values, and culture while developing original stories and strengthening projects they ultimately pitched to industry financiers. Meet the writers helping […]
For an animator, a job at Disney is the ultimate achievement, and for Saul Blinkoff it was no different. He landed his dream job in his twenties, after years of working towards that goal, made a few movies, and then at a moment when he literally had “the whole package” – he did something unexpected. […]
