“Leona,” a marvelous new drama from the young Mexican-Jewish director Isaac Cherem, opens with a mikvah scene unlike any in cinema. A beautiful woman is tastefully photographed in the nude through gauzy, billowing curtains, surrounded by enormous planters of budding white flowers. She is cheered by

“A LIGHT IN THE DARK” is an original concept single from the new musical *A HANUKKAH CAROL, or GELT TRIP! The Musical*, performed in the world of the show by (fictional) Jewish boy band “boys2mensch.”

The latest film from a production company behind a string of low-budget horror hits centers on a terrifying night spent carrying out an important Jewish burial ritual. “The Vigil,” out in the United States in August, is about a formerly observant Jew who is recruited to stand guard over the body of

What if the true miracle of Chanukah wasn’t that the oil lasted for eight days, but that the Jewish people had the courage to light it at all? We’re excited to bring you the newest video from Jacob Spike Kraus’ Chanukah album. We hope you’ll share ‘Light Up the Night’ with your family and friends.

"Triumph of the Return" - On September 4, 2003, in a large ceremony, the Israeli Air Force flew three f-15 jets over the Auschwitz concentration camp in a show of the Jewish people's continued strength and triumph over past adversities.
During the Holocaust (1939-1945) 6 million Jews were murdered...

Hanukkah, which begins at sundown on December 23 in 2019, is one of the most joyous of Jewish holidays. Learn more about the traditions and history behind the Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah). The celebration lasts for eight nights and days each year around the same time ...

Erez (Omer Perelman Striks, Best Actor Award winner at the 2021 Jerusalem Film Festival), a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp at a boarding school, where the one to win the competition gets a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and tal

Several myths circulated that Haym Solomon negotiated, as return for his assistance in the Financing of the War of Independence, presence on the Seal of the United States. A close look at the one dollar bill reveals that is not the physical star that is present but the formation of the stars of the ...

Overcome with emotion, the 21-year-old singer – who, since releasing her first song at age 14, has made a meteoric rise to reach the upper echelon of the Israeli pop scene – burst into tears. The next night, the tears of joy turned into screams of elation as Kirel turned in a performance that would

This Sunday our community will observe Tisha B'av and turn our attention to the city of Jerusalem, mourning the destruction of its temples some two millenniums ago. Here is the most famous love song to Jerusalem, my hometown, sung with my amazing colleagues Cantors Netanel Herstik and Yaakov Lemmer ...