Julian Casablancas, the frontman of the iconic band The Strokes, ignited a firestorm on social media this week after claiming that “American Zionists” act like “they are Black people during slavery” in a controversial interview that’s now blowing up online. “Well it’s been nice having a career,” Casablancas quipped before dropping the remark during an … Read more
They’re praising and blazing. A toking tribe of ganja-loving Jewish New Yorkers is lighting a match under the traditional Shabbat celebration — holding fun and 420-friendly “infused” dinners where the brisket isn’t the only thing that’s smokin’. Lighting up back in 2024 and celebrating a dozen or so chilled-out gatherings since, the semi-regular social event welcomes … Read more
Dave Portnoy said a local ABC news affiliate tried to “bait and switch” him during an interview about the incident involving an antisemitic sign at his Barstool Sansom Street bar in Philadelphia on Saturday. In a video posted to his social media on Monday, the Barstool Sports founder included a partial recording of the interview, … Read more
Dave Portnoy said he was trying to make this a learning experience rather than “f–king burn” the people who ordered the disgusting sign that had an anti-Semitic message on it at one of Barstool’s bars in Philadelphia. Portnoy had addressed the issue in an angry video posted to social media, but just hours later, the … Read more
A Barstool Sports bar in Philadelphia was thrust into the spotlight on Sunday as bottle-services waitresses held up a sign that read “f—k the Jews.” The video was posted on the Instagram account of Mo Khan and the video tagged Mike Wade. It showed the sign lit up with several other men and women partying without … Read more
If you were going to sum up the post-war American Jewish experience, who would you pick as the age’s great exemplars? The choices would clearly be dizzying. In film there’s everyone from Woody Allen to Steven Spielberg to Stanley Kubrick. In literature, there’s Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud. In music, there was Bob … Read more
Come for the blessings, stay for the pick-up scene Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are tapping into their Jewish roots in a more spiritual way — and finding potential suitors — at Rabbi Daniel Bortz’s Soul X events. Bortz, 38, is known as @millennial rabbi on Instagram and hosts non-traditional spiritual gatherings, including sound … Read more
The Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon apologized Friday for saying at a pro-Palestinian rally last month that people feeling afraid of being Jewish right now were “getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence.” The remarks drew widespread criticism and soon afterward her … Read more
A New York history educator restored a lost piece of history after unearthing harrowing footage that depicts US soldiers freeing Jewish people from a train bound for a Nazi death camp. After the colorized clip was posted to YouTube, several Holocaust survivors came forward, claiming to recognize themselves and their family members in the video. … Read more