The director, who based the film on his personal experiences growing up as a second-generation American with Jewish immigrant parents, says calls for only casting Jewish actors can lead to ...

Quick: How many movies with Jewish-Hispanic themes can you name? Okay, time’s up. But don’t feel bad if your list is a bit short. I know something about these matters and could only come up with about ...

In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner to discuss Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick, Paul Ryan and what his plans for Medicare mean for Jewish ...

Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like chutzpah (audacity), schlep (drag) or nosh (snack). These words have been ...

Shabbat shalom, New York. Encouraging news on the COVID front: New cases across the state have dropped by almost half. But Gov. Hochul warned against complacency: “Continue to encourage all your ...

Jewish, Italian and Negro are the three predominating accents encountered in the schools, according to Miss Letitia Raubicheck, director of speech correction in New York City schools, who lectured on ...

James Cagney, the legendary Irish American actor, earned high praise for speaking perfect Yiddish in the 1931 film "Taxi." Cagney's bilingual abilities appear in a scene featuring an increasingly ...

Connie Francis was a longtime Parkland resident whose 1960 filmed-in-Fort-Lauderdale romp “Where the Boys Are” is to Spring Break what “Jaws” is to shark fishing. Francis was among the first people ...