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0 Culture Politics

Oscars 2025: Hollywood crowns a new Jewish queen, and Israeli-Palestinian Best Documentary winners make waves

Mira Fox in Forward · 3 Mar

The 2025 Oscars ceremony was highlighted by several significant Jewish narratives, both on and off the stage.

0 Television/Film Culture

In Netflix’s ‘Running Point,’ Max Greenfield Is the Nice Jewish Boy Who Just Might Get Kate Hudson to Convert

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 27 Feb

Netflix's new comedy, "Running Point," features Max Greenfield as Lev Levenson, a quintessential Nice Jewish Boy engaged to Isla Gordon, played by Kate Hudson.

0 Television/Film Jewish Law

How the master builder behind ‘The Brutalist’ was inspired by her hometown synagogue

PJ Grisar in Forward · 5 Feb

Judy Becker, the acclaimed production designer for "The Brutalist," draws on her Jewish background and personal history in her work on the film, which follows the journey of László Tóth, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor.

0 Culture Gender/Identity

Tovah Feldshuh shares marriage advice — as she prepares for a play about divorce

Samuel Eli Shepherd in Forward · 29 Jan

Tovah Feldshuh returns to the off-Broadway stage in Joy Behar's play, "My First Ex-Husband," performing as Rebecca, a Hasidic bride-to-be struggling with the constraints of her arranged marriage.

0 Culture Leadership

Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

Ari Goldman in JTA · 14 Jan

Jesse Cogan, renowned for coining the iconic Jewish outreach slogan "Turn Friday Night into Shabbos," has passed away at age 74.