By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer One striking aspect of the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Fairborn is how Nazi artifacts are on display in ways that intentionally don’t glorify them. A gilt bronze Nazi eagle from the entrance to

By Andy Baskin, Cleveland Jewish News If there is one clear message in college football, Ohio State shows no signs of letting anybody knock them off the top of the mountain. The Buckeyes remain the No. 1 team in the country after knocking off Wisconsin. They play Penn State at

Author opens 2025-26 JCC Cultural Arts & Book Series Reviewed by Bernie Bellan, Jewish Post & News (Winnipeg) With over 75 million record albums sold and 118 songs that she either wrote or cowrote, Carole King’s prolific, fabulously successful career has been the subject of several books and numerous articles,

An interview with illusionist Joshua Jay By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer He holds the Guinness World Record for the most selected cards found from a shuffled deck in one minute — 21. He fooled Penn and Teller on their magic competition television series, Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

By Martin Gottlieb, The Dayton Jewish Observer Some people, when they hear that there’s a book about Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews, are surprised: A whole book? Who knew there was enough material? TR is known – to history buffs, at least – for his activity in many policy realms.

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Of the hundreds of interviews Mike Sakal conducted over three decades for his just published two-volume book, Dayton Hungarians: Their Stories, Glories and Folklore, it was Rose Vegso’s that set the tone for the project. Vegso came to the United States from Hungary

Epstein, sometimes referred to as the “Fifth Beatle,” came from an Orthodox family in Liverpool. By Stephen Silver, JTA In Midas Man, the first biopic about the late Beatles manager Brian Epstein, an early, pivotal scene is set in a synagogue. In it, Brian (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) is with his parents,

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “I’m coming to the U.S. to perform and it makes me very, very happy because it’s been a while and, also, after last year — the cancellations and all — here I have festivals that did book me,” singer/songwriter Daphna Levy says via

By David A.M. Wilensky, jweekly.com A Hollywood icon made an appearance on opening night of the 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. And by all accounts, she was freshly washed, curled and darned. Lamb Chop, the beloved sock puppet, was in rare form as she interacted with media and festival

By Jessica Steinberg, Times of Israel As the U.N. warned Israel on Sept. 5, 2023 against expelling Eritreans en masse following major clashes, the Jerusalem Cinematheque was hosting a screening of the Ophir-nominated film Running on Sand, a comedy-drama about an Eritrean asylum seeker struggling to survive in Tel Aviv.