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'Shards of Laughter': Giving people permission to laugh through painful topics

The play’s arc takes us from 1924 Munkács, a Czechoslovak town with deep Hungarian roots, through the Holocaust years and to present-day Australia.

Actor Gabi Lev: Fresh take.
Elon Gold attends the "The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)" Premiere during the 2026 Tribeca Festival at Village East Cinema on June 04, 2026 in New York City.

At movie premiere: Tribeca slams rape jokes made by Gold, Savetsky

BEN PERRY’S family pose outside their neighborhood shelter.

Ben Perry: How one Israeli actor turned sirens into viral comedy - interview

Martial artist/actor Chuck Norris make his Wizard World Comic Con debut during Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia 2017 - Day 3 at Pennsylvania Convention Center on June 3, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Chuck Norris dies at 86 after ‘medical complication’


Hollywood to grind to a halt as actors join writers on picket lines

The strike comes as actors grow increasingly worried that their digital images will be used without their permission or proper compensation.

 Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices in Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023.

Hollywood actors' strike: How would it hit TV shows and movies?

A walkout by actors would stop all production of film and scripted television shows in the United States, except for independent productions.

 Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices in Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023.

Ed Asner plays Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

In “Tiger Within,” Asner plays a Holocaust survivor who becomes the unlikely friend of a homeless teenager who was raised by a Holocaust denier.

 Ed Asner speaking at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona.

Remains found in California mountains where actor Julian Sands went missing

Hikers in California have discovered human remains in the area of California where Hollywood actor Julian Sands disappeared earlier this year.

Actor Julian Sands

Actor Mark Ruffalo tweets article criticizing IHRA antisemitism definition

In his tweet, the actor quoted a passage that said the definition is "a culmination of lobbying efforts to instrumentalize and accelerate the use of false accusations."

 Cast member Mark Ruffalo attends a premiere for the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in Los Angeles, California, US August 15, 2022.

Cast of Broadway’s ‘Parade’ says Kaddish before each show

It’s not the only prayer recited every night: Ben Platt, playing Leo Frank, recites the Shema just before he is killed by a lynch mob, in the final moments of a musical dramatizing his 1913 arrest.

Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, stars of the musical Parade, perform during a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House in Washington, US, May 16, 2023.

'Bob's Burgers' star Jay Johnston arrested for Jan 6 Capitol riots

Johnston was identified by online amateur sleuths who recognized him from still images circulated by the FBI seeking tips from the public in tracking down participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

 A MOB of supporters of then-US president Donald Trump climb through a window they broke, as they storm the United States Capitol Building in Washington, on January 6, 2021

A 'Happy Ending' for the dynamic Israeli film directing duo

The directors feel that making the movie that grapples with issues of love and death has changed them. 

 ANDIE MacDOWELL (second left) in ‘My Happy Ending.’

Jewish actor plays a Nazi in new series about non-Jew who helped Anne Frank

Donskoy shared that it is difficult for him to watch himself playing a Nazi and to personally promote the show on social media with a picture of himself wearing a swastika.

Daniel Donskoy in "A Small Light" series.

‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman proposes to girlfriend Ari Dayan in Jerusalem

Gelman, 46, is best known for his role as Murray Bauman on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” while Dayan is a singer and performance artist from California.

 CELEBRATIONS TAKE place at the Western Wall marking Jerusalem Day, last May. Israel scored high because our dedication to Zionism or religious beliefs makes life here meaningful and satisfying.