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Joe Alterman
Hitting the Chai Notes
The Sound Between the Notes
By Joe Alterman
Joe analyzes the historical connection of Black and Jewish music.
Joe Alterman
May 13, 2026, 10:37 am
The Sound Between the Notes
Joe analyzes the historical connection of Black and Jewish music.
By Joe Alterman
For more than four decades, Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop were a familiar team on children’s television.
December 10, 2025, 10:27 am
Puppetry Center is Final Home for Lewis’ Creations
Shari Lewis’s Lamb Chop and her other important puppets are a part of the collection of the Center for Puppetry Arts.
By Bob Bahr
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (center) at Ramon International Airport on Oct. 6, 2025, before being deported along with other Gaza flotilla activists // Photo Credit: Foreign Ministry/Times of Israel
October 6, 2025, 11:42 am
Thunberg, 170 Other Activists from Gaza-Bound Flotilla Deported
Spanish activists allege abuse, say they were blindfolded, dragged on ground, put in cages, insulted and made to sign papers they didn’t understand; Israel calls accusations lies.
By TOI and Agencies
The Breman’s exhibit, “Hidden History - Recounting The Shanghai Jewish Story,” runs until Oct. 12.
September 17, 2025, 10:42 am
Breman Program Celebrates the Jews of Shanghai
Representatives of the two communities remembered Shanghai as a refuge that helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.
By Bob Bahr
Max Greyson, pictured with his grandfather, George Rishfeld.
September 17, 2025, 10:40 am
The Miraculous Story of George Rishfeld
How a Holocaust child survivor’s life was saved.
By Robyn Gerson
In the last decade, many European countries have taken steps to make amends with their Jewish communities.
July 30, 2025, 10:29 am
Why European Citizenship Matters for Jewish Families
In the last decade, many European countries have taken steps to make amends with their Jewish communities.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Palestinians line up near their containers as they await a water distribution truck at a makeshift displacement tent camp which was hit in Israeli strikes a day earlier, on the grounds of the UNRWA-run Abou Helou school for girls at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 17, 2025 // Photo Credit: Eyad BABA/AFP/Times of Israel
July 23, 2025, 11:18 am
Western Nations Say Gaza War ‘Must End Now’
Israel rejects joint demand, U.S. envoy slams it; FMs from U.K., Canada, E.U. say Israel-backed aid scheme dangerous, "deprives Gazans of human dignity"; condemn humanitarian city plan.
By TOI and Agencies
Elvis Presley’s NBC appearance was the first time he had appeared before a live audience in a decade.
December 27, 2023, 10:37 am
YIR: Elvis’ 1968 Comeback Had High Holidays Message
The special carried an important, but appropriate, message for the Jewish season of renewal.
By Bob Bahr
Baz Lehrman’s “Elvis” was a big box office success this year.
December 21, 2022, 11:44 am
2022 YIR: Was Elvis, King of Rock and Roll, Jewish?
This story was one of the AJT’s most read stories of 2022. Bob provides an update.
By Bob Bahr
Gayle Rubenstein
December 14, 2022, 4:22 pm
A Chanukah Message from Gayle Rubenstein
For our annual Chanukah issue, we asked members of our community to share why they think it is so important for our Jewish community to, "Shine Our Light Bold and Bright."
By Gayle Rubenstein
Male clients constitute a growing segment of the market for medical skincare services.
June 16, 2022, 12:53 pm
Pampering Papa with Father’s Day Facials
More and more men are showing up for facial treatments that may include specialized facial care and injections.
By Bob Bahr
Marlon Brando won an Academy Award in 1972 for Best Actor for “The Godfather,” but declined the honor.
April 20, 2022, 12:59 pm
Jews and Italians Battled for ‘The Godfather’
The Jewish production executives at Paramount Studios and Italian Americans like Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola were rarely in agreement during the film’s production.
By Bob Bahr
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was chosen to speak at the annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture at AA Synagogue.
January 26, 2022, 6:11 pm
Blinken’s Eizenstat Lecture Comes at Crucial Time
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will give the annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture at AA Synagogue virtually this year.
By Bob Bahr
Mark Cuban
January 26, 2022, 2:30 pm
What’s Jewish About … Mark Cuban
Robyn Spizman Gerson is making connections with high profile names to find "what is Jewish about" them to share in the monthly column.
By Robyn Spizman Gerson
Photos by Julia Larrabee Designs and Sharvani Mangroo// Inna Milter baked cakes for her family as a child in Lithuania.
September 28, 2021, 7:06 pm
Cakes Designed with Detail and Heart
Originally from Lithuania, Inna Milter creates pastries and cakes that offer customers a taste of Europe.
By Marcia Calller Jaffe
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