Curt Schleier
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist, was featured in the 2019 documentary "Ask Dr. Ruth." (Austin Hargrave)
July 13, 2024, 9:34 pm
Ruth Westheimer, Holocaust survivor who offered grandmotherly sex advice, dies at 96
She was a firm believer in sex as healthy dialogue among consenting partners, in which each indulged and appreciated the other's needs and quirks.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll and Curt Schleier
During the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's Young Adult Division event "An Evening With Mayim Bialik," in Feb. 2019, Bialik described the significance of her Jewish identity as an individual and as a celebrity. (Photo by Joshua Franzos)
January 22, 2021, 11:11 am
Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’
The Jewish actress will be one of several guests hosts while the show seeks a permanent replacement for the late Alex Trebek
By Curt Schleier
Bette Midler stars in ‘Coastal Elite.’ (HBO/via JTA)
September 16, 2020, 11:08 pm
Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’
The star of the show is Bette Midler, whose Jewish character symbolizes the divide between America’s liberal cities and its heartland.
By Curt Schleier
Hank Azaria plays a baseball announcer in the IFC series “Brockmire.” Photo by Erica Doss/IFC
April 21, 2017, 7:33 pm
Hank Azaria opens up about speaking Ladino and his latest TV role
By Curt Schleier
Joe Feingold and Brianna Perez in the Oscar-nominated short documentary “Joe’s Violin” Photo courtesy of “Joe’s Violin”
February 16, 2017, 5:27 pm
Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a Holocaust survivor and his violin
By Curt Schleier
Calvin Trillin says Judaism impacted his humor writing, and he first realized he was funny in Hebrew school. Photo by Richard Stamelman
July 7, 2016, 1:59 pm
Writer Calvin Trillin dishes about civil rights, Judaism and the art of reporting
By Curt Schleier
Selma Hayak-Pinault stars as Farnez Amin in “Septembers of Shiraz.” Photo courtesy of Momentum Pictures
June 23, 2016, 6:29 pm
Iran, the Holocaust, ‘Septembers of Shiraz’ — and me
By Curt Schleier
Filmmaker Erez Laufer Photo courtesy of Erez Laufer
May 11, 2016, 6:43 pm
In new film, Yitzhak Rabin narrates his autobiography
By Curt Schleier
Irving Streit (center) son of Streit’s Matzo founder Aron Streit, in an undated photo at the Lower East Side factory. Photo courtesy of Menemsha Films
April 21, 2016, 2:01 pm
The Streit’s Matzo story comes to the silver screen
By Curt Schleier
Jacob Bernstein is flanked by his parents, Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron. Photo courtesy of HBO
March 30, 2016, 7:42 pm
Nora Ephron’s feats and foibles examined in film by her son
By Curt Schleier
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s “Di Goldene Kale” — “The Golden Bride” — is a 1923 Joseph Rumshinsky operetta that is playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. (Photo by Ben Moody)
December 17, 2015, 4:09 pm
A classic Yiddish operetta gets revived for a new generation
By Curt Schleier
Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin stars in the Deaf West Theatre’s production of “Spring Awakening” on Broadway. (Photo by Joan Marcus)
October 29, 2015, 1:46 pm
Marlee Matlin reveling in unique ‘Spring Awakening’ revival
By Curt Schleier
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