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Larry David Has Never Been More Jewish Than in this Season’s ‘Curb’ Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News

| December 7, 2021

(JTA) Curb Your Enthusiasm has always been a Jewy show, but this season it is downright Jewish. On the HBO sitcom, now in its 11th season, Larry David has never been shy about surfacing, and lampooning, Judaism and Jewishness. He has contemplated the dilemmas of Holocaust survival, waded into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (via a local chicken restaurant) and gotten stranded on a ski lift with an Orthodox Jew on Shabbat.

NCJW to sponsor forums on abortion rights | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle – thejewishchronicle.net

| December 7, 2021

The National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh has signed on to participate in 73Forward, a national Jewish campaign to support abortion rights, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the issue and the fate of Roe v.

This Hanukkah, pondering what binds all free-thinking Jews – Los Angeles Times

| December 7, 2021

To the editor: Tod Goldberg uses the start of Hanukkah to write about his past and his Jewish upbringing. He ponders whether his religion is something he actually believes in. Jewish people are free thinkers.

People believe Omicron is a Jewish holiday, a new weed strain in Jimmy Kimmel interview – The Indian Express

| December 7, 2021

As the world is concerned over the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, American TV show host, Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets to test peoples awareness about it.

We Must Continue the Fight Against Jew-Hatred in Europe | Opinion – Newsweek

| December 7, 2021

When we think of antisemitism today, images of street attacks, burning synagogues and swastikas are the first things that come to mind. These senseless and hate-filled acts are the bread and butter of the Jew-hatred our people have experienced for thousands of years.

New graphic novel tells the story of Malaysia’s lost Jewish community J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| December 7, 2021

Scholars do not know exactly when Jews first came to Penang, one of the smaller states in Malaysia, located on the Southeast Asian nations western island. The Jewish cemetery in the regions capital city of George Town, on a street formerly called Jalan YahudiJewish Waygives an estimate: its first burial was of a Mrs. Shoshan Levi, in 1835

How did Bob Dole get along with the Jews? Its complicated. – Forward

| December 7, 2021

To understand the rapport with Jews and Jewish history of Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, who has died at the age of 98, a surprising number of analyses of jokes are required, worthy of the precedent of Sigmund Freud. In addition to a distinguished legislative career and splendid military record, Dole cultivated the reputation as a cracker-barrel jester

Friday Night Dinner: Tamsin Greig says she probably shouldnt have played a Jewish mother – Yahoo News

| December 7, 2021

Tamsin Greig has reflected on her role in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner, saying she probably shouldnt have played a Jewish matriarch. Greig, who is a practising Christian with Jewish ancestry, played the part of Jackie Goodman in the comedy, which follows a Jewish family living in north London. I think, given our sensitivity today about these issues, I probably shouldnt have been in that show, the actor told The Telegraph in a new interview

What type of Jews do we want to be? – The Times of Israel

| December 7, 2021

Over the last few days we have been witness to two key events involving attacks on Jews that were captured with clear video footage. The first was an attack on a busload of Jewish children in the heart of Londons shopping district, a group that was out celebrating the first night of Hanukah.

Meet the Israeli Jew Who the Whole Arab World is Listening To – Israel Today

| December 7, 2021

The Arabs themselves admit that Edy Cohen, our very own Israel Today correspondent in the Arab world, influences us and public opinion more than other Arab pundits. When Cohen saw that he was listed as the second most influential voice in the Arab world by the Saudi-based news agency Arab News, he wondered, How is this possible


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