Arts and Culture

40 days of teshuvah - a story of bringing hewish spiritual practice into the fight for racial justice
Social Justice

Why We Need a “Spiritual Co-conspiratorship” for Justice

Yolanda Savage-Narva
 July 12, 2021
During the 2020 uprising for Black lives, Yehudah was the lead organizer of the 40 Days of Teshuvah action that created a space of mourning the destruction of Black communities and crying out to the Heavens for spiritual co-conspiratorship in the fight for racial justice.
child of the 1940 waving
Arts and Culture

Final Account: Film Review

Wes Hopper
 June 7, 2021
The film, produced by the USC Shoah Foundation, attempts to capture the recollections of an elderly subset of Germans who lived through the Third Reich and will soon no longer be around to give voice to what they witnessed.
Promotional poster for the Netflix show Shtisel
Arts and Culture

A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family

Rabbi Sharon G. Forman
 April 13, 2021
Sometimes the acting ends in joy and other times the results are devastating. Ultimately, the writers and actors draw us into their stories so that we cannot deny that art can elicit understanding, peace, and even deep love.
Lynn Cohen with her face in her hands as Golda Meir in a scene from Steven Spielbergs 2005 film Munich
Israel

7 Movie Stars Who Have Played Israeli Prime Ministers

Gabe Friedman (JTA)
 April 12, 2021
Just a month after it was announced that the Israeli star Shira Haas would portray Meir in a TV series, The Hollywood Reporter revealed this week that Oscar winner Helen Mirren would portray Israel’s only female prime minister in an upcoming biopic.