Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Ryan Braun, Robin Weigert and Steven Speilberg

Major League Tribe Members

The following is a list of Jewish players on a major league team roster as of opening day (April 1). All these players (save the last one, below) have at least one Jewish parent and don’t identify with a faith other than Judaism:

RYAN BRAUN, 33, outfielder, Mi…

Jews in the News: Alan Arkin, Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet

At the Movies: Opens April 7

“Going in Style” is a re-make of a 1979 action/comedy film of the same name that starred GEORGE BURNS, LEE STRASBERG, and Art Carney as three “nice” senior citizens who decide to rob a bank and do it. Its been made known that this version ends “happy…

Jews in the News: Scarlett Johansson, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy

At the Movies: Opens March 31

“The Ghost in the Shell” is an action-adventure based on a Japanese comic book and film. It follows Major (SCARLETT JOHANSSON, 32), a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads an elite task force that is devoted to stopping the most dangerou…

Jews in the News: Dave Franco, Judd Hirsch and Jake Gyllenhaal

Brie and Franco: Not a Parisian Cheese

“People” reports that ALISON BRIE, 34 (“Community”) and DAVE FRANCO, 31, (“Neighbors”) got married in a secret ceremony around Mar 12. No details of the nuptials (whether it was a Jewish wedding or not) were released. Both actors have descr…

Jews in the News: Josh Gad, Natalie Portman and June Squibb

B&B Returns; This Time Live!

The “tale as old as time” returns to theaters in a new live-action film. This “Beauty and the Beast” is not an adaptation of the hit 1994 Broadway stage version—but a new re-imagining of the story as told in the beloved 1991 animated film musical. Adva…