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Antonio Brown shown during a game against the Green Bay Packers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Nov. 26, 2017. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
May 14, 2018, 10:55 am
Why does this Steeler have an in-home synagogue?
The mansion also contains a station for ritual hand washing connected to a dining room and three kitchens, which were previously kept kosher.
By Gabe Friedman
Posters for “Black Panther” fill Edwards Houston Marq’e Stadium 23 & IMAX at a screening of the blockbuster film for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston last week. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images for IMAX)
February 28, 2018, 12:30 pm
Why ‘Black Panther’ might also be a milestone in black-Jewish relations
The creation of the character in 1966 came at the tail end of the "golden age" for black-Jewish relations. The movie now could be an opportunity for healing.
By Gabe Friedman
Maya Beiser performs an orchestral version of David Bowie’s “Blackstar” album at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Spain in July. Photo by Robert Marquardt/Redfern
September 24, 2017, 2:56 pm
Maya Beiser wants classical music to rock like Janis Joplin
She is known as one of the most inventive cello players in the avant-garde music world
By Gabe Friedman
Molly Yeh has taken the food blogging world by storm with her bubbly personality and creative recipes. Photo by Chantell Quernemoen
July 14, 2017, 5:39 pm
Chinese-Jewish chef finds inspiration on farm
Molly Yeh is passionate about food moved from New York City to Grand Forks, N.D.
By Gabe Friedman
Geoffrey Rush stars as Albert Einstein with Emily Watson as his wife, Elsa, in National Geographic’s show “Genius.” Photo by National Geographic/Dusan Martince
May 5, 2017, 1:53 pm
Albert Einstein was a sex magnet? 4 surprising facts about the genius
By Gabe Friedman
Sergei Loznitsa set up stationary cameras in two former concentration camps. Photo courtesy of Austerlitz/Loznitsa
February 23, 2017, 3:11 pm
‘Holocaust tourism’ is probed in a compelling documentary
By Gabe Friedman
The main cast of “Girls” at a New York Times’ TimesTalks event. From left: Allison Williams, Lena Dunham, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke. Photo by Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic via Getty Images
February 16, 2017, 5:23 pm
An ode to ‘Girls,’ Lena Dunham and modern Jewish neuroticism
By Gabe Friedman
Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg combine Jewish lyrical themes with a pure bluegrass sound as the group Nefesh Mountain. Photo courtesy of BAM Photography
January 19, 2017, 3:51 pm
‘Jewish Americana’ music gets its moment in the spotlight
By Gabe Friedman
Eric Greitens won the Missouri gubernatorial race in his first run for office. Photo courtesy of Rubenstein Public Relations
November 17, 2016, 4:09 pm
Meet Eric Greitens, the first Jewish governor of Missouri and a former Navy SEAL
By Gabe Friedman
Milan Chatterjee said the UCLA administration was working in collusion with activists of the BDS movement. Photo courtesy of Milan Chatterjee
September 22, 2016, 7:03 pm
Indian-American student becomes pro-Israel symbol for trying to stay neutral
By Gabe Friedman
Eli “Paperboy” Reed is a Jewish songwriter who mines a number of classic genres such as blues, soul and gospel. Photo courtesy of Yep Roc Records
September 3, 2016, 1:12 am
A Jewish rocker rediscovers his sonic roots — by teaching gospel music in Harlem
By Gabe Friedman
Aly Raisman competes in the floor exercise at the 2016 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif., in July. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
August 5, 2016, 5:31 pm
Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio
By Gabe Friedman
Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg was a star for the Detroit Tigers. This photo was taken in 1935. Photo by TSN Archives/Getty Images
April 7, 2016, 1:42 pm
A league of their own: A Jewish baseball museum, at last
By Gabe Friedman
Shye Ben-Tzur had been composing Indian devotional music for over a decade before he was a subject in the Paul Thomas Anderson documentary “Junun.” Photo by Shin Katan
February 4, 2016, 3:15 pm
Meet the Israeli composer of Indian Muslim music who collaborates with Radiohead’s guitarist
By Gabe Friedman
From left: Mordechai Levovitz, executive director of JQY; Naomi Mark, community psychotherapist; Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, chair of the Department of Talmud at SAR High School; Lynn Levy, Yeshiva University professor; and Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, former president of the RCA join together to discuss publicly homosexuality and Orthodoxy. (Photo provided by JQY)
May 6, 2015, 1:00 pm
Orthodox rabbis join the conversation on LGBTQ inclusion
By Gabe Friedman
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