Anthony Weiss
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At historic L.A. synagogue, songwriter pushes interfaith harmony and urban renewal
Craig Taubman’s Pico Union Project is working to turn a century-old synagogue downtown into a home for the whole community. → Read More
Meet Ruth Porat, Google’s new CFO
The Morgan Stanley executive headed for Silicon Valley is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and a sabra. → Read More
Philly day school bathroom seen as symbol of transgender inclusion
The dedication of a gender-neutral restroom at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy comes as the struggles of transgender Jews have received renewed attention in the community and beyond. → Read More
Hillel again taking heat over limiting Israel debate
The decision by the campus group’s president not to attend the upcoming J Street conference has drawn fire from several longtime Hillel directors. → Read More
Oregon couple to brew kosher kegs for community
An accountant and his Holocaust educator wife are launching what is believed to be the country’s first kosher community-supported nanobrewery. → Read More
NBC Universal’s ‘Dig’ travels far, but not as deep
The USA Network show uses Jerusalem and biblical scripture as the exotic backdrop for a standard thriller. → Read More
‘Kosher Soul’ plays on stereotypes — amusing some, angering others
A reality show on a black-Jewish couple examines what it describes as a culture clash in, ahem, black and white, without too many intervening shades of gray. → Read More
Pawlikowski talks down the Oscars orchestra
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and then quickly found out just where that ranks in the Hollywood pecking order. → Read More
Gary Shteyngart’s bittersweet romance with television
The novelist is teaming up with Ben Stiller to bring his surreal sensibility to television. → Read More
Nick Kroll’s ‘rye’ reference to LA rock history
The Schechter alum recently aired a heavy metal ditty in homage to the pleasures of rocking it late-night in LA’s delis → Read More
Oscar nominee ‘Ida’ traces void left by Poland’s murdered Jews
Writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski explores the trauma of Poland’s Holocaust history — and his own. → Read More
For ‘Aya,’ a long journey from Israel to the Oscars
Unlike past Academy Award contenders from the Jewish state, Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun’s film does not explore political, ethnic or religious aspects of Israeli life. → Read More
In Salt Lake, a Reuben worshipper builds his temple
Former Mormon bishop Randy Harmsen loves Jewish-style delis so much, he decided to open his own. → Read More
Israel’s luminaries aiming to brighten country’s image at newspaper gala
Tech entrepreneurs, politicians and supermodels will gather at the Waldorf Astoria New York to honor the Times of Israel — and Israel itself. → Read More
‘City of Gold’ captures flavor of Los Angeles
Jonathan Gold, the only food critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, is the subject of a new documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. → Read More
Long suppressed, ‘Censored Voices’ speaks out about Six-Day War
A new Israeli documentary reveals the vivid and troubled voices of soldiers captured immediately after the 1967 war. → Read More
New documentary traces Larry Kramer’s righteous anger
At Sundance, a documentary on writer and AIDS activist Larry Kramer explores his epic struggle, warts and all, to force the world to see a crisis before its eyes. → Read More
In Sundance drama, Silverman puts her darkness on display
Comedian Sarah Silverman offers a raw portrayal of depression, a displays her talent as an actress, in the feature debut of “I Smile Back.” → Read More
Ariel Kleiman back at Sundance with feature debut, a dark drama
“Partisan,” co-written with longtime collaborator and girlfriend Sarah Cyngler, is the story of a paranoid man who walls himself off from the wider world. → Read More
At some day schools, vaccination rates decline even as disease spreads
As low vaccination rates spark a measles outbreak, Jewish day schools struggle to balance Jewish values, parental desires and state laws. → Read More