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Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death.The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare's The...

Jews have a centuries-old tradition of telling jokes, from the ghettos of Europe to Hollywood and the Catskills. Jewish jokes are entertainment, the oral history of a culture, insightful social criticism, and survival tactic rolled into one. In 2008, Hollywood director and producer Sam Hoffman launched a website called Old Jews Telling Jokes. It’s just what it says: Jewish men and women over 60 sharing their favorite stories, tales, riddles, and punchlines.

Marti Reich and Jonathan Freirich, two New Yorkers, readers, football fans, and Jewish optimists "it could be worse", reflect, kvetch, and recommend books.

This podcast brings together two outspoken artists from different cultures and historical legacies — Germany and Jewish America — to explore the human stories behind the headlines. Rooted in music, memory, and activism, The German and the Jew is a heart-centered dialogue about where we’ve come from, what we’ve survived, and how we fight for justice today. Hosted by SONiA disappea fear and Hanne Kah.

Exploring and celebrating Jewish contributions to art, culture and wider society. by Nico Wasserman and Mayer Nissim

An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.

Jewish-American pals Jake and Ephram discuss movies cheaper than their net worths.

The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause célèbre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by revealing how certain Jewish outsiders came to...

There is a flood in the music world today, which is nothing but a good thing, because of the new accessibility of creating and accessing music. Let's take a trip back to the good old days of honest Jewish music where people were singing to sing and dancing because they couldn't not.Email me with your comments questions and ideas at thejewinjewishmusic@gmail.com

This very special Un-Cabaret collection includes four deeply funny stories about Jews and Jewishness: "The Day I Got Caught Playing with Myself in Hebrew School", "Hitler's Willing Executioner, Me?", "The Ish Factor", and "Bar Mitzvah Boy".

Daniel Zana & Harry Ottensoser discuss films of all types to investigate what truly makes a film Jewish. Covering everything from Fiddler on the Roof to Uncut Gems, they finish each episode by ranking the film’s production, content, and themes on a scale of 1 to 5 Jewish stars. Listen each week to find out!

Some of America's most prominent Jewish entertainers talk about their Jewish identity (or lack of one) in a panel discussion at New York's 92nd Street Y. Speakers include Jason Alexander, Leonard Nimoy, and Kyra Sedgwick. These are just some of the personalities featured in the new book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish by Abigail Pogrebin.

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For Jodi Berman and Yechiel Hoffman loving movies is their Jewish birthright. In an age with too many movies to watch them all, Yechiel and Jodi come to the rescue to share their passion, reviews and analysis for the movies you love and the movies you have yet to see.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @2MovieJewsHosted and Produced by: Yechiel Hoffman and Jodi BermanTechnical Advisor: Vlad Kustanovich Logo Design: Daria Lesnik Hoffman Graphic DesignMusical Theme: Noel Berman

A homeless man recalls how the Nazis gave his grandfather the choice of death or helping them discover who murdered 3 SS men in Prague and how his connection to this upended his life. Blending historical fiction, mystery, and magic realism, Last Jew in Prague is a novel about lifting yourself up when all you want to do is keep falling. But it's more than just a novel. I was your typical urban professional before struggling with homelessness and depression. This story inspired me forward, and I hope you find it as inspiring.

Welcome to one of the longest running rock and roll podcasts. Music and commentary from the original Rock and Roll Jew

In a world filled with divided opinions, hate and negativity, two complete opposites come together for The Drake and Jimmy Jew Show. Drake Peterson, a liberal gay musician and Jimmy Jew a MAGA biker come together for a debauchery filled conversation format show. This Podcast features famous musicians, porn stars, actors, artists, politicians, social media stars and celebrities. We know that the world is a mess, but why can't we all just get along?

As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China. In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors’ own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land.

Sol Bernstein, the oldest Jewish stand-up comedian still playing the clubs today, tells his favourite Jewish jokes so that they can be handed down to another generation. Told and adapted by Jews throughout the centuries from the Eastern Europe shtetls of the 19th century to the American Borscht Belt circuit of the 1950s and '60s Sol retells jokes on religion, assimilation, marriage and sex from a people and religion that has always had its humour no matter what the world throws at them.

Hear from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, a man Time calls a "once-in-a-millennium scholar". Explore challenging questions, such as, "Are Jews a nation, a religion, an ethnic group, or a race?", "Do Jews have unique character traits?", "What does it mean to be the 'chosen' people?", "What will become of the Jewish people?" Rabbi Steinsaltz has written 58 books on the Talmud, Jewish mysticism, religious thought, sociology, historical biography, and philosophy.