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Celtics win title, but Jewish ‘NBA Countdown’ host Malika Andrews is Finals’ breakout star

The California native celebrated her bat mitzvah at Oakland’s Temple Sinai in 2008.

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Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

“We feel it’s the very moment for this film,” said director Julia Von Heinz.

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Why Israel was the first country to get its own version of ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ bestselling kids book

By Shira Li Bartov June 12, 2024 11:00 am

As MLB veteran Kevin Pillar enjoys a late-career resurgence in LA, he’s come to appreciate his place as a Jewish baseball star

By Jacob Gurvis June 11, 2024 3:40 pm

LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures

By Jacob Gurvis June 10, 2024 7:23 pm

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By Jackie Hajdenberg June 6, 2024 5:47 pm

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Celtics win title, but Jewish ‘NBA Countdown’ host Malika Andrews is Finals’ breakout star

‘Suffs’ creator Shaina Taub cites Jewish text in Tony Awards acceptance speech

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry take a father-daughter trip to Auschwitz in tragicomedy ‘Treasure’

Why Israel was the first country to get its own version of ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ bestselling kids book

As MLB veteran Kevin Pillar enjoys a late-career resurgence in LA, he’s come to appreciate his place as a Jewish baseball star

LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures

Netflix’s ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’ aims to make the Holocaust hit home for a younger generation

A new movie about fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg explores legacy of her mother’s Holocaust experience

How New York is celebrating Shavuot 2024

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