entertainment & pop culture
Are the Jews still cool?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 12, 2024
(RNS) — I miss Philip Seymour Hoffman — especially when he was uncool.
David Crosby was my first Bible teacher
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 24, 2023
(RNS) — He lived hard, played well, sang beautifully and died in a good old age. What else could you ask for?
How India’s ‘Hindutva pop’ stars use music to target Muslims
By Hanan Zaffar and Hamaad Habibullah — August 26, 2022
(RNS) — Observers say the increasingly popular genre is triggering violence against Muslims, a minority already marginalized by Hindu nationalists with support from the BJP government.
Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss
By Jon Gambrell — June 16, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —“Lightyear” includes a female character voiced by actress Uzo Aduba briefly kissing her female partner in one scene in the $200 million film.
Does NBC have a Jewish problem?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — Anti-Semitism. On your television screen.
COVID has led us all into sin
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 15, 2020
(RNS) — As Jews approach the High Holidays, we need to avoid the sins of perfectionism, envy — and becoming couch potatoes.
What was the legacy of Woodstock?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 15, 2019
We thought that we had entered a new age. We were wrong -- but the music is still great.
Where is the Jewish Mister Rogers?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 23, 2018
All along, Fred Rogers was preaching a special gospel. Or, Torah.
Paul Simon’s Yom Kippur sermon
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 20, 2018
Paul Simon is now homeward bound. Aren't we all?
Was ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ anti-Semitic?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 2, 2018
(RNS) — There were parts of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' that troubled me. But they're not worth losing sleep over.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ re-spins Genesis. And that’s scary
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 4, 2017
(RNS) 'The Handmaid's Tale' is terrifying. It is also scandalously biblical.
How Leonard Cohen taught Judaism to the world
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 11, 2016
(RNS) Leonard Cohen was a singer, songwriter and poet -- and a "rabbi."
Netflix introduces televangelist shows
By Katherine Davis-Young — January 29, 2016
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Alongside “Orange Is the New Black” and “House of Cards,” Netflix now offers users another type of content: Christian sermons.
The ‘Splainer: How do Jewish conversions work?
By Sara Weissman — July 30, 2015
(RNS) Jewish conversion seems to be all over the media lately. But what does it actually entail? Let us 'Splain ...
5 faith facts about Amy Winehouse: She hated Hebrew school, loved family celebrations
By Sara Weissman — July 23, 2015
(RNS) Director Asif Kapadia's new film captures the British sensation's short, explosive career before she died of alcohol poisoning four years ago Thursday. But what about her Jewish religious heritage?
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