Caleb Guedes-Reed
Volodymyr Zelensky pictured during a a welcoming ceremony in Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2022. (Philip Reynaers / Pool / Photonews via Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 4:11 pm
Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’
The Jewish president of Ukraine was honored for galvanizing “the world in a way we haven’t seen in decades."
By Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman
Jeremy Strong plays a Jewish father in “Armageddon Time.” (Screenshot from YouTube)
September 9, 2022, 3:06 pm
Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong and Anthony Hopkins form a Jewish family in new film
"Armageddon Time" is garnering Oscar buzz.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Shannon Sarna, author of "Modern Jewish Comfort Food," stands over a pot of chicken soup, one of the many comfort food recipes in her new book. (Photo by Doug Schneider)
September 6, 2022, 10:31 am
‘Modern Jewish Comfort Food’ gives classics a 21st-century spin
Mac and cheese kugel, funfetti mandel bread and vegan shakshuka are just some of the recipes
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Jesse Eisenberg receives an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award during the Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Aug. 15, 2022. (Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images)
August 25, 2022, 9:07 am
Jesse Eisenberg’s next film follows cousins exploring grandmother’s Holocaust story
Starring Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, the film will begin shooting in Warsaw in March.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Michael Twitty speaks at the 2018 James Beard Media Awards in New York City, April 27, 2018. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
August 12, 2022, 10:02 am
New book ‘Koshersoul’ fuses African-American and Jewish culinary histories
Twitty grew up in a Christian household but around Jewish food, with a mother who regularly made challah; he converted to Judaism in his early 20s and now keeps kosher.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Chickpeas are protein-packed staples in diets around the world. (Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
July 8, 2022, 8:37 am
Hold onto your hummus: Global chickpea supply could drop 20% this year
Shortage due to Russia's war with Ukraine, poor weather and transportation issues
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Matt Lucas at a "Doctor Who" BBC America official panel during Comic-Con in San Diego, July 23, 2017. (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
July 6, 2022, 6:22 pm
‘Great British Bake Off’ host Matt Lucas discovers family member lived with Anne Frank’s family
Lucas learned that Werner Goldschmidt, his grandmother’s first cousin, had rented a room from the Franks while they were still living in their Amsterdam apartment.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Motorists drive past a closed Ben & Jerry's ice-cream shop in the Israeli city of Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, July 23, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)
July 5, 2022, 9:46 pm
Ben & Jerry’s sues parent company Unilever over sale of Israeli business
The lawsuit aims to block the sale.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
In an aerial view, a cleared lot where the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building once stood is seen in Surfside, Florida, June 22, 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
June 24, 2022, 12:17 pm
$1.2 billion Surfside settlement for families and unit owners approved
Approval came one day before one-year anniversary
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow introduces U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith at Harvard University in Boston, May 2, 2019. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
June 13, 2022, 9:55 pm
Two Ivy League presidents leave different legacies on campus Israel speech and antisemitism
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow’s announcement that he would be leaving the school came on the heels of a similar announcement in April from Columbia’s president, Lee Bollinger.
By Andrew Lapin and Caleb Guedes-Reed
Israeli TV celebrities like Michael Aloni of Shtisel, center, and Luna Mansour of Fauda, right, star in 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem. ' (Osnat Rom)
May 20, 2022, 3:02 pm
Netflix releases Israeli period drama ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’
A period drama that follows a family of Spanish Sephardic Jews living in Jerusalem through different decades of the early 20th century
By Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman
Jewish hip hop singer Nissim Black seen performing during the Chanukah festival in Pittsburgh, April 12, 2018. (Esther Wayne/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
April 27, 2022, 3:01 pm
HBO to produce comedy series about Hasidic rapper Nissim Black
It’s unclear if Black will star as himself in the show
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber found some of the antisemitic flyers while out on a walk with his wife. (Dan Gelber via Twitter)
January 25, 2022, 3:54 pm
Flyers saying Jews have a ‘COVID agenda’ resurface in Florida and California
Miami Jewish Federation said the flyers were handed out by the Goyim Defense League, an antisemitic white supremacist group, though this has not been confirmed by police.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
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