Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Michael Douglas, Seth Green and Sara Michelle Gellar

Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom   Emmy TimeThe Primetime Emmy Awards will be shown live on CBS on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 8PM. Here are “confirmed” Jewish nominees in the “marquee” categories. ACTING: LENA DUNHAM, 27, lead actress, comedy series (“Girls”). Dunham is…

Jews in the News: Diane Von Furstenburg, Michael Kors and Barbara Hershey

Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom   Rosh Hashanah: Fashion Week Conflict   Last week, the on-line Jewish magazine, the Tablet covered a celebrity angle to the Jewish New Year. The focus of the Tablet piece was the unfortunate fact that the first three days (Sept. 4-6) of the…

Jews in the News: James Franco, Amy Schumer & William Paley

Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom   Franco is French Fried   On Labor Day, Sept. 3, Comedy Central will premiere a roast of actor/writer JAMES FRANCO, 35. The 90-minute show will air at 10PM, with a repeat starting at 11:30 PM. The roast master will be SETH ROGEN, 31, who has…

Jews in the News: Liev Schreiber, Harrison Ford and Natlie Portman

Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom   New at the Cineplex   The following movies open "wide" on Friday, August 16:   Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland” about Idi Amin) stars in “The Butler” as Cecil Gaines, a real-life African American who…

Jews in the News: Royal Notes

Jews in the News Posted by Nate Bloom   Royal Notes (Or Perhaps Much Ado About Nothing)   Don’t believe an e-mail going around the Jewish community that Kate Middleton has Jewish ancestry.  Yes, Michael Cole, a former BBC correspondent did write a published letter to the London…