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NEW YORK (JTA)—For the first time in about a century, a rabbi from outside the Lookstein family will lead New York’s storied Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun. The Orthodox synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side voted last week to hire as its new senior rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, who for two decades has led the Montreal congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, 83, who has been at the helm of Kehilath Jeshurun since the death of his father, Rabbi Joseph Lookstein, in 1979, will become rabbi emeritus. The 1,100-member shul...
(JTA)—Actor Jason Segel—best known as the star of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother”—opened up on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast this week about growing up with one Jewish parent and as a complete outsider. Segel sat down for the Monday podcast ahead of the release of his film “The End of the Tour,” in which he plays the tortured writer David Foster Wallace—a career U-turn away from the comedic work that made him famous. On Maron’s podcast (on which President Barack Obama was recently a guest), Segel said he long felt uns...
Key Democrat Adam Schiff, ex-Rep. Barney Frank back Iran nuclear deal WASHINGTON (JTA)—Rep. Adam Schiff, a key Democrat in the political battle over the Iran nuclear deal, is backing the agreement, as is a former senior Jewish lawmaker, Rep. Barney Frank. In a statement Monday, Schiff, of California, outlined what he saw as the pluses of the sanctions relief for nuclear restrictions deal, including intrusive inspections and the ability to reimpose sanctions should Iran violate the deal, and its drawbacks, including limited access to military s...
By Deborah Fineblum Schabb JNS.org What weighs 400 pounds, is necessary for the establishment of the Third Temple, hasn't been seen in 2,000 years, and is completely red? If you guessed "para aduma," or the red heifer, give yourself a hand. And keep your eyes on Israel's Negev desert. That's because by this time next year, if a team of rabbis, activists, and a dairy farmer have their way, you may find there a candidate-or even more than one-qualified to perform a key function in the greatly...
By Curt Schleier (JTA)—“Homage” is a French word that frequently and unfortunately translates into English as I don’t have a good idea of my own, so I will borrow one of yours and call it a tribute. Fans of Alfred Hitchcock will be delighted, however, with “Phoenix,” German director Christian Petzold’s suspenseful take on “Vertigo.” He offers a fresh twist on mistaken identity that ultimately leads to a denouement that’s as dramatically, emotionally and intellectually satisfying as the master’s. Not that Petzold is a slouch in the master...
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)-James Franco may be 37, but he isn't yet a man in the Jewish tradition: The popular actor never had a bar mitzvah. With the help of fellow Jewish actor Seth Rogen, that's about to change. Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, will throw Franco a bar mitzvah during their annual Hilarity for Charity variety show at the Hollywood Palladium on Oct. 17. "Ever since I've known James, he's been talking about wanting a bar mitzvah," Rogen told Variety in a statement. The...
