Jewschool’s Ben Dreyfus posits that Haftarat Zachor + Megillat Esther = The Lord of the Rings (and wonders which is totally plagiarized).
What, if anything, does it mean that the comic book industry was so heavily populated by Jews (and, while the Forward is on the topic, Mister E lights the menorah).
With the NCAA tournament underway, ESPN takes a look at Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Jewish federation leaders know him as Mordechai Shmuel.
Help wanted: Cute kid to be Jewish secret agent and a Jewish family willing to swap its mother.
Natalie Portman loses her Hasidic co-star.
With help from JTA digital master Daniel Sieradski and a big hat tip to Daniel Treiman.
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