The late Dolly Parton's program sending free books to children inspired Harold Grinspoon to found PJ Library, which gets Jewish books into the hands of Jewish families. (The Dollywood Foundation)
Noah Emmerich as Ernst Cahn in “The Ice Cream Maker.” The short film will be screened as part of a triple feature at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Studio Movie Grill, Royal Lane and Central Expressway. (Courtesy Seventh Art Releasing)
JCC film festival: 30 years of storytelling
Photos: Stephanie Israelstam/TJP Archive
A Mark Kreditor program is always entertaining. He’s pictured here clowning around with Legacy Midtown Park residents during one of his biweekly sing-alongs.
Jewish geography, 1 song at a time
“Eve in the Garden,” a bronze mezuzah by Rabbi Elyssa Joy Austerklein, was selected for the juried Texas Sculpts V exhibition at ArtCentre of Plano. The piece is the exhibition’s only work of Judaica (Courtesy Rabbi Alyssa Joy Austerklein)
Rabbi Elyssa Joy Austerklein’s bronze mezuzah selected for statewide Texas art exhibition
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND - JULY 08: Boy George performs on stage during Henley Festival 2026 at Mill Meadows. (Ki Price/WireImage)
Boy George cedes role of King Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ production after releasing pro-Israel song
A Hanukkah-themed dance was part of "Dancing with the Stars" holiday installment, "Dancing With The Holidays" on Dec. 2, 2025 on ABC. (DWTS/X)
‘Dancing With the Stars’ holiday special debuts first-ever Hanukkah routine
Rotem Sela as Batsheva Yahalomi in Red Alert, episode 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. (Green Productions, Bender Brown Productions, Keshet 12, the IEF, & Paramount+)
On Paramount+, Apple TV, HBO and more, Oct. 7 emerges as a cinematic subgenre
Mayim Bialik attends the "Father Mother Sister Brother" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images)
An open letter opposing the Israeli film boycott, signed by Liev Schrieber, Mayim Bialik and others, is making the rounds in Hollywood
A Jersey Jew tomato sandwich from Hank Schwartz's Delicatessen and Appetizing in Jersey City, N.J. (Courtesy of Jason Stahl)
Jersey City pop-up deli debuts ‘sweet new year’ Rosh Hashanah sandwich
Emma Stone attends the "Bugonia" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Emma Stone, Jonathan Glazer join growing list of Hollywood figures boycotting Israeli film institutions
Sara Elijah (on guitar, second from left) and the Shalva Band. (Courtesy)
Sara Elijah breathes new life into Israeli pop
Bride and groom walking away from the camera down a long road
Largest-ever Jewish virtual dating event timed to holiday of Tu B’Av
A Box of Grossinger's Rye Cracker Boards, produced by Streit's Matzos. (Courtesy Harris Salomon)
Grossinger’s iconic rye bread rises again — and won’t require a Catskills trip to obtain
American comedian and actor Jerry Lewis pretends to run from adoring fans during the promotional tour for the film "The Nutty Professor," directed by and starring Lewis, in 1963. (Arthur Schatz/Getty Images)
Legendary ‘King of Comedy’ Jerry Lewis placed a weekly Jewish deli order, his son recalls
American pop singer Connie Francis, circa 1960, the same year she released an album of Jewish songs, inset. (Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960
Art Garfunkel performs at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, May 29, 2025. (Screenshot YouTubeETimes)
Art Garfunkel captivates Tel Aviv audience
Yuval Raphael representing Israel walks on stage during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony at St. Jakobshalle on May 17, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images)
Israel’s Yuval Raphael comes in 2nd at Eurovision, propelled largely by popular vote
Yuval Raphael rehearses New Day Will Rise for Israel at St. Jakobshalle before the May 15, 2025 Eurovision semifinals in Basale Sweden.
Israel’s Yuval Raphael reaches Eurovision Grand Final
Yuval Raphael, Israel's representative in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. (Mor Tzidon)
Yuval Raphael’s emotional journey from Supernova to Eurovision
Author and former professional football player Emmanuel Acho hosted a panel discussion featuring (from left) actress and social-media influencer Montana Tucker; Yael Idan, a young survivor of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023; film producer Eitan Schwartz; and director Asaf Becker following the premiere of “The Children of Oct. 7” on April 21, 2025. (Izzy Salant)
‘My dad screamed he lost his arm,’ states 12-year-old in ‘The Children of Oct. 7’
Nathan Fielder sits in a set he constructed to resemble a Nazi general's chambers in "The Rehearsal" (John P. Johnson/HBO)
Nathan Fielder says Paramount Plus pulled his TV episode on Holocaust awareness after Oct. 7
Ari Siegel pitched his business History By Mail on "Shark Tank." (Disney/Christopher Willard)
How Abraham Lincoln in a kippah wound up making a $250,000 deal on ‘Shark Tank’
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Noa Argamani, ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt among over a dozen Jews on 2025 TIME 100 list
Outside the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Gal Gadot became the first Israeli actress to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, March 18, 2025. (Ryan Torok)
Luminaries, much support and protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony
Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist.“ (Courtesy of A24 Films)
What’s Jewish at this year’s Oscars? Actually, quite a bit
Nuchem Shtisel (played by Sasson Gabay) rides a bicycle through Amsterdam in “Kugel.” (Courtesy of IZZY)
Long-starved ‘Shtisel’ fans can take a bite of ‘Kugel’
Texas-style barbecue brisket. (AdobeStock)