NY-Comic Con Report: Wonder Woman Galaxy Gets a New Star
As the Wonder Woman display at Comic Con this past weekend shows, Israeli sheyna punim Gal Gadot (in the old country, that was pronounced "Greenstein") has been given a place front and center as the current brightest star in the Amazon princess' galaxy.
John Ross Bowie does the Ramones—’I remembered to think of them as a family, and that helped’
Actor, comedian and musician John Ross Bowie talks "4 Chords and a Gun"—a play about four bruddas from Queens who made a musical masterpiece with the help of a man who kept his own stash of Manischewitz.
How I survived Klezmer Aerobics
This is what happens when 1980s fitness meets 1880s shtetl culture.
Behold The Borscht Ball: KulturfestNYC is Back
Are you ready for the Borscht Ball?
Today Bob Dylan Was a Man
How the anniversary of Bob Dylan's Bar Mitzvah raises a family mystery about a legend from comedy's golden era.
Chosen Film: The Sweet, Slightly-Stoned Dough
An aging Jewish baker and a small time pot-dealer combine THC and tradition in this charming comedy from writers Yehudah Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson
Holy Cow! David Duchovny’s Barnyard Book (Ft. a Pig Named “Shalom”) is a Surprising Pleasure.
Why a book about (among other things) a pig named "Shalom" who brings peace to the Middle East is worth a second look.
From Dance to Digital, Israeli Documentaries Explore Art at SXSW
The subject matter of Ido Haar’s Presenting Princess Shaw, and Tomer Heymann’s Mr. Gaga may be worlds apart, but each film sheds light on what it means to create -- and be created by -- the artistic process.
CHOSEN FILM: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Sausage Party Cracks Up SXSW
The future of R-Rated comedy is in the hands of a foul-mouthed frankfurter and his foodstuff pals.
This Food Writer is Chrissy Teigen’s Other Significant Other
Adeena Sussman on her new cookbook colab
Life, Laughs, and Letters to Hitler
Our man in Berlin explores the confounding humor of the upcoming "Hitler, Herzblatt, Tralala"
