The studio has released 42 feature films as of April 2022, including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with Shrek 2 (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release.
Jewish girls and women no longer need to cross-dress to study Talmud. In fact, some are actually teaching the central text…
The site launched on March 3, 2020; within a week, more than 4,000 people had posted listings offering shelter to Ukrainian refugees.
Eytan Meir Stibbe, 64, is an Israeli former fighter pilot, fighter ace, businessman and private astronaut. On April 8, 2022, Stibbe took off for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral as part of the “Rakia” mission on behalf of the Ramon Foundation. (Ilan Ramon was the Israeli astronaut who perished in the Columbia…
Professor Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and…
Ozick’s fiction and essays are often about Jewish-American life, but she also writes about…
Jack Howard Jacobs , 76, is a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War. On March 9, 1968, he was working as the assistant battalion advisor for the South Vietnamese army’s 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. During a mission…
Actor, playwright, and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein, 69, is best known for his theater work in…
Eight decades ago, Eugen Engel, a Berlin-based Jewish textile tradesman by day, was murdered by…
Dan Abrams is currently the host of the prime-time show “Dan Abrams Live” on NewsNation, and “The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets the Law” on SiriusXM’s…
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