Famous jews
How Jewish soccer legends forced to flee the Holocaust built modern football
Béla Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer - and changed the sport forever - when he imported the revolutionary 4-2-4 system from Hungary to São Paulo in 1957.
Answering the call: The overlooked Jewish role in America’s revolution - opinion
Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025
Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’
Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion
Paul Simon's music has enriched many lives and provided joy and inspiration, but many are disappointed by his stance.
'A shining light for the American Jewish community': US Jewish leaders, groups grieve Charlie Kirk
US Jewish groups and leaders mourned Charlie Kirk’s death, condemning his assassination as political violence and offering condolences to his family.
This week in Jewish history: Nebi Musa riots, death of Reb Aryeh Levin
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.
Jerry Seinfeld lands in Israel in show of solidarity
Seinfeld landed in the country to express solidarity with the nation following the horrific massacre that occurred on October 7.
Variety’s star-studded Hollywood summit on antisemitism takes a turn amid war in Israel
In the first celebrity conversation of the day, award-winning actor Julianna Margulies said “it is shocking” how few members of her industry have spoken out against antisemitism.
Many Jews don't care ‘Maestro’ has been plagued by ‘Jewface’ controversy
"Maestro,” a biopic about Leonard Bernstein starring and directed by Bradley Cooper, took heat for months over its non-Jewish star’s use of a prosthetic nose.
Paul Reubens, Jewish actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, dies at 70
Paul Reubens, the actor who played Pee-Wee Herman, died at 70 overnight after a years-long battle with cancer.
SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight
Drescher is hoping that the same chutzpah will translate into a better deal for actors who say they are not being fairly paid for work that streams online.
Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, veteran of the war of independence, died at 97
Aharon Ariel worked as a journalist whose assignments, according to his granddaughter, included the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.
Is Barbie Jewish? The complex Jewish history of the doll, explained
Handler created Barbie in 1959, when many Jews were wrestling with the concept of assimilation.
