L.A. Rising For Women - February 14, 2013!

By Tera Greene
Published on February 6, 2013

Kipah-wearing teen set for ‘America’s Got Talent’ semis [VIDEO]

Published on August 28, 2012

Edon Pinchot, a kipah-wearing Jewish day school student, will be performing in the semifinals of "America’s Got Talent."

The soldier in the center ring

Published on August 7, 2008

As far as he has traveled, from Israel to Southern California, Ben-Binyamin has come an even greater distance in recent years in his transition from the IDF to the circus, a change he refers to as "extreme."

‘Purple’ actress cherishes her own colorful history

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 13, 2007

It's not unusual for an actress to assume a professional name, but it was quite a stretch for the daughter of Haya Kapelovitch and granddaughter of Sofia Katz to become Stephanie St. James and star in the African American cast of "The Color Purple."

Navel Gazing With Eve Ensler

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on December 8, 2005

Some years ago, playwright-performer Eve Ensler became mortified by her not-so-flat, post-40s belly. She starved herself, hired a trainer and watched late-night Ab-Roller infomercials. She compulsively worked the treadmill and even fantasized about contracting a parasite.

Mitzvah Freestyling

By Loolwa Khazzoom
Published on December 9, 2004

Growing up in the Oakland public school system, MC Hyim began freestyling when he was 8 years old. Today, he performs and produces conscious hip-hop, encouraging listeners to do tikkun olam -- take the anger and pain from today's society and transform it into something good: "As important as it is to acknowledge and understand the history of what we might call Babylon," Hyim said, "it's important to move beyond it.

He Sang/She Sang

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on April 22, 2004

Take one part Aimee Mann, one part Pete Yorn, stir in some Tori Amos and add a dash of Yiddishkayt and you've got two of the newest sounds in rock.

For the Kids

By Abby Gilad
Published on July 17, 2003

For The Kids

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 30, 2001

When Marc Wolf set out to interview gay and lesbian military personnel for his Obie-winning play, "Another American: Asking & Telling," in 1996, secrecy was crucial.

Three years into President Clinton's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, paranoia among gays in the military was high. So Wolf headed off to interviews without telling anyone of his destination. He traveled in his parents' car and paid for hotel bills in cash. "I had to be careful not to leave a trail of where I'd been," recalls the thoughtful, soft-spoken Jewish playwright and performer. "At times, I even thought my phone was being tapped."