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Health Ministry calls out Elon Musk for sharing ‘fake news’ on COVID-19

After Twitter owner gave his support to tweet from far-right site claiming no data to show young people died from coronavirus, ministry warns...

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Taylor Swift’s rumored boyfriend, Matty Healy, once gave a Nazi salute on stage

JTA — These have been a wild few years for Matty Healy, the outspoken lead singer of the English pop rock band The 1975. His group has released a...

26.05.2023 20

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Spielberg seeking to adapt ‘Leopoldstadt’ Holocaust play for TV

JTA — Tom Stoppard’s Holocaust play “Leopoldstadt” could get a TV series adaptation — with the help of Steven Spielberg. Deadline reported...

23.05.2023 30

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Austrian police charge 2 men after Hitler speech plays on train’s loudspeakers

JTA — Austrian authorities are searching for two men suspected of blaring a recording of Hitler’s voice and a series of “Heil Hitler” and...

19.05.2023 50

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Upcoming movie ‘Jerusalem 67’ to chronicle Six Day War

(JTA) — A high-profile movie project depicting Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War could star “Jane the Virgin” actress Yael Grobglas....

16.05.2023 20

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New comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as cantor, Carol Kane as his student

(JTA) — Jason Schwartzman is starring as a cantor who takes on an adult bat mitzvah student played by veteran actress Carol Kane in an upcoming US...

12.05.2023 60

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UK’s Eurovision contestant, descendant of Holocaust survivor, seeks German passport

JTA — Mae Muller, the United Kingdom’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest this week, said that she is applying for German citizenship...

11.05.2023 50

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For 1st time, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author, translator

JTA — For the first time, the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature was given to the author of a book in Hebrew and its translator, in a sign of the...

03.05.2023 20

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The Guardian apologizes for cartoon of outgoing BBC chair criticized as antisemitic

JTA — The UK newspaper The Guardian on Saturday deleted and apologized for a cartoon of outgoing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp that was widely...

02.05.2023 20

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Adam Brody to star as ‘charming rabbi’ in upcoming Netflix comedy

JTA — Chrismukkah has come early for Adam Brody fans. Netflix announced on Thursday that the Jewish actor, best known as the geeky heartthrob Seth...

28.04.2023 10

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Court rules Frankfurt can’t cancel Roger Waters concert over his antisemitism record

JTA — Frankfurt’s administrative court ruled that the city can’t cancel a Roger Waters concert after calling him “one of the most widely known...

26.04.2023 30

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Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia marries Jewish music exec

JTA — Sofia Richie, a US model and the daughter of musician Lionel Richie, married Jewish music executive Elliot Grainge on Saturday, less than a...

25.04.2023 20

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Clinton-produced ‘How Saba Kept Singing’ tells story of cantor’s Auschwitz survival

JTA — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have produced a documentary about a Holocaust survivor that will debut on PBS on Tuesday, timed to Yom Hashoah, or...

15.04.2023 60

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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood makes album with Israel’s Dudu Tassa

JTA — Jonny Greenwood, the guitarist of the acclaimed band Radiohead and an Oscar-nominated composer, has made an album with Israeli rock musician...

15.04.2023 10

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Indie group Blondshell’s secret sauce is 1990s women rockers and ‘Jewish’ dark humor

JTA — When she sits down to write song lyrics, Sabrina Teitelbaum, who records music under the moniker Blondshell, doesn’t plan to reference her...

07.04.2023 20

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Horror director Aster says new film is a ‘Jewish Lord of the Rings’

JTA — “It’s like a Jewish ‘Lord of the Rings,’ but he’s just going to his mom’s house.” That’s how director Ari Aster, known for his...

30.03.2023 20

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Agatha Christie novels edited to remove offensive references to Jews

JTA — The HarperCollins publishing company has revised multiple novels by the famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie to remove references to...

29.03.2023 30

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Ex-MLB star Strawberry, in new career as a preacher, to headline pro-Israel NY event

JTA — As part of his journey after a tumultuous decade and a half in the spotlight, former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry is speaking at a...

09.03.2023 30

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Oscar Isaac plays a ‘Jewish Hamlet’ in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s second play

NEW YORK (JTA) — Sidney Brustein, Jewish Hamlet? Anne Kauffman thinks so. She made the comparison in a phone interview about the play she’s...

03.03.2023 30

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Golda Meir biopic skirts politics as current government faces growing scrutiny

JTA — When a film about a group of Israeli youths who visit former concentration camps in Poland premiered on Sunday at the Berlin Film Festival,...

23.02.2023 30

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Moses Elisaf, first Jewish mayor of a city in Greece, dies at 68

JTA — Moses Elisaf, thought to be the first Jewish mayor of a city in Greece, died at 68 on Friday after a brief battle with cancer. Elisaf, mayor...

18.02.2023 30

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NBA’s Irving traded to Mavericks, whose Jewish owner criticized antisemitism scandal

JTA — The National Basketball League’s Brooklyn Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, a team whose Jewish owner had spoken up about...

06.02.2023 20

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19-year-old American seminary student among victims of deadly Jerusalem car crash

JTA — A 19-year-old from Long Island was killed in a car accident in Jerusalem on Wednesday night. Adira Koffsky was hit by a car whose driver lost...

03.02.2023 50

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As landmark Saul Bellow documentary premieres, a look back at his life

JTA — Given his place in the international literary canon, it’s hard to believe that there has never been a widely released documentary made about...

16.12.2022 30

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