My family is in Spain for Pesach, which is breathtaking in its landscape and architecture and rich in its history. From the moment we got off the plane, I felt a heaviness, contemplating what was done to my ancestors in this place. As far as I know, I am not Sephardic, but the Jewish people […]
“Ma, there’s a fire!” is not what I wanted to hear as I was preparing for Passover by self-cleaning the oven. This was followed shortly by an explosion as the oven’s glass door shattered, leaving glass and burn marks all over the kitchen. Thankfully no one was hurt (except the flooring, which bears the marks […]
Wherever you fall on the religious spectrum, the day of the Passover seder is busy. You’re either frantically working to make sure your seder is all good to go, hurrying to finish work so you can get where you’re going on time or traveling trying to make it to a new destination. When hosting, there […]
Josh Malina has garnered fame from roles on The West Wing, Scandal, Sports Night and The Big Bang Theory. He also was in the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men. Now, he’s back on Broadway, playing Hermann Merz in the breathtaking Leopoldstadt, by playwright Tom Stoppard. It is a dream come true for […]
One year ago today, our organization made history by launching the first and only Jewish Hollywood Bureau to advocate for authentic depictions of Jews directly to the studios. Every other group has had one of these Bureaus for decades or at least many years. In only one year, we have: Met nearly every studio in […]
Why Are Long Skirts Only Fashionable Outside of a Jewish Lens? When I was becoming more Jewishly observant, one of the last things I gave up were my jeans. While some girls were happily tossing theirs overboard, I held tightly onto mine. For so long, they were me. After a trip to Israel I went […]
