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(JTA) — Rob Reiner, best known for his acting role in the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” and for directing a series of beloved comedies — including “This is Spinal Tap,” “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally” — is getting serious in hi...

BERLIN (JTA) – Israeli director Guy Nattiv and British actor Helen Mirren have received a Dove Award from the Cinema for Peace Foundation for their joint work in the 2023 biopic, “Golda,” in which Mirren stars as Golda Meir, the fourth prime minis...

Submitted by the family Our wonderful Adrianne Rhea Gerber left us on Feb. 16. 2024, at age 75. She has left behind her daughter Johanna, Brother Randy, beloved nieces and nephews Tayna, Michael, Paul, Katie and Jenessa, and beloved great nieces and...

Mrs. Mariya G. Kantor, 93, Winter Park, Florida passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at AdventHealth Orlando Hospice Care following a brief illness. Mrs. Kantor was born April 8, 1930, in Yukhovichi, Belarus to the late Gerts Meerovish & Esther...

(JTA) — A campaign to protest President Joe Biden’s support of Israel by voting “Uncommitted” in the Michigan Democratic presidential primary declared victory on Tuesday night, as returns showed the movement garnering more than 10 percent of the vot...

(JTA) — On his first day of his visit to Israel, Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, told Israeli authorities that his country would move its embassy to Jerusalem. Milei had vowed during his campaign to move the embassy from its current hom...

(JNS) — Israeli forces seized cash and financial documents from an underground compound in Khan Yunis showing direct Iranian financial support for Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces disclosed on Tuesday night. “We found official documents from 202...

‘Fauda’ star posts photo of injuries sustained in Gaza (JNS) — Israeli actor Idan Amedi posted on social media a photo taken soon after he was wounded while fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Amedi, 35, known for his role in the Netflix hit sh...

(FLAME via JNS) — If members of the Ku Klux Klan vote overwhelmingly Republican, should Republican politicians adopt policies that curry favor with white supremacists? Certainly not. It would not only be wrong, it would also offend the vast m...

(JNS) — Israel is evaluating the credibility of Hamas’s confirmation to Qatar that the terrorist group in Gaza received a shipment of medical supplies in a deal brokered by Qatar and France and has started delivering them to hostages in Gaza. Doh...

(JTA) — When the Biden administration announced new sanctions meant to stop the flow of U.S. donations to extremist Israelis, many watchdogs assumed that one charity would be especially concerned. But the Central Fund of Israel says it is unfazed b...