Melanie Chartoff

Last week, the media fell hard for the story of Jussie Smollett. Smollett, a gay, black actor on the TV show “Empire,” falsely claimed that...

This article contains spoilers from the Netflix series “Russian Doll.” The new Netflix series “Russian Doll” is so splendidly Jewish. The eight 30-minute episodes in...

Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, author of “Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice,” is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary and earned a doctorate...

“You know what I just realized? ‘Oy’ is the funniest word in the entire world.” Thus spake Lorelai Gilmore, the older of the two eponymous...

The Fyre Festival and the “Palestinian cause” have a lot in common. In 2017, the Fyre Festival was promoted to the American public on social...

“Marcus, you are an idiot. I told you three times to stop doing that.” My teacher had repeatedly told me not to pronounce the four-letter...

When she was 14, Danielle Bukra made a list of things she wanted to accomplish by the age of 30, including living on a desert...

The State of Israel has done a few successful things since its establishment, but in one mission it certainly has failed. If the leaders of...

Orthodox, Conservative and Reform embrace the fundamental principle that Judaism is a work in progress. All three movements originated in Germany in the early 19th...

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, Accidental Talmudist. “And you, speak to the children of Israel and say: ‘Only keep My Sabbaths! For it...

The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Frank Sinatra, the Rockettes, Broadway, Times Square, hot dogs, the Yankees, bagels and a New York slice...

On March 8, dozens of high schools across Los Angeles, including several Jewish ones, will send out notices of admission. It’s a stressful time for...

Seated between Rabbi Sharon Brous and author Jonathan Neumann, Rabbi David Wolpe said, “My chair is exactly equidistant between our two participants.”  Wolpe was referring...

For nearly two decades, a San Diego-based family has been trying to retrieve a valuable painting relinquished under duress to the Nazis during the Holocaust. ...

After conducting more than 50,000 interviews with world leaders, dignitaries and celebrities, Larry King may have met his match last month in Marthe Cohn, a...

“Tuesdays With Morrie,” Mitch Albom’s memoir about his relationship with his college professor Morrie Schwartz, was published in 1997 and became a worldwide best-seller. Two...

This is how I’d kill my father:  Take him out for yogurt at the mall near the dementia place, order him a chocolate cone, slide...

A decade ago, during his first crack at the musical “Ragtime,” Benjamin Schrader was a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the show’s...

Comedian Judy Gold emerged on stage at an Upper West Side theater on Feb. 11 and screeched, “Oh my God, I’m so excited,” as she...

Among the remarkable individuals whose names are recorded as signers of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush has been mostly overlooked. Of course, he was...

Rishel Alpert died Jan. 17 at 93. Survived by daughter Gaby (Ramon) Galindo; son David; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother Iz (Nadine) Levy. Mount Sinai ...

Al Vorspan, a leader of the group that eventually became the Union for Reform Judaism and was lauded as the “personification of Reform Judaism’s social-justice...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, and with February being...

The nominees for Best Way to Present Wine as a Hostess Gift are: the paper or plastic bag it came in; a gift bag from...

NewGround: A Muslim and Jewish Partnership for Change honored recipients of its Trailblazer and Change-maker awards at a luncheon at the Skirball Cultural Center on...

FRI FEB 22 Mental Awareness Shabbat  Hoping to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health issues, Temple Ahavat Shalom holds a Mental Health Awareness Shabbat. The evening...

Eli Beer was just 7 years old when a bus exploded in front of him as he was walking home from school in Jerusalem. A...

BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee’s 1970s-set film about a black police detective who poses as a white man to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, is nominated for...

When he was 3 years old, Rodney Rothman made his parents drive by the local movie theater so he could find out what was playing....

When directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West watched the Academy Awards nomination announcements on Jan. 22, they were surprised and thrilled to hear that their...

On Feb. 28, 1939, 20,000 people filled an arena for a political rally. Before an enormous portrait of George Washington, they pledged allegiance to the...

Composer Marc Shaiman has Tony and Grammy awards for the Broadway musical “Hairspray” and its cast album. He earned an Emmy for his contribution to...

Oscar-nominated for best documentary short subject, “End Game” follows patients with terminal illnesses, their families and the palliative care professionals making them comfortable. Filmmakers Rob...

The Annexation Issue The exercise of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria is the correct and logical continuation of Zionism (“Annexation Is a Pernicious Issue...

    By Tzachi Yaffe “Agamon Hula: Light,” 2015 Cranes at the Hula Nature Reserve in Upper Galilee, Israel. “Agamon Hula: Light” was part of...

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We call this format a Timesaver Guide to Israel’s Coming Elections. This will be a usual feature on Rosner’s Domain until April 9. We hope...