Gal Gadot with her husband Yaron Versano at the Producers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif, Jan. 20, 2018. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/via JTA)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot will star as Polish heroine Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis, in a film produced by the actress and her husband.
Sarah Silverman at a photo op for Hulu's "I Love You America" at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, Oct. 11, 2017. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images/via JTA)
Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman is filming a late-night pilot series for HBO.
She described it in a statement as “weighing in on the mishigas of the week and taking live video calls.”
Sheryl Sandberg speaks during the Digital-Life-Design conference in Munich, Germany, Jan. 20, 2019. (Lino Mirgeler/DPA/AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
(JTA) — Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer at Facebook, has pledged $2.5 million to the Anti-Defamation League to support anti-hate programs in Europe and the United States.
Jodi Kantor's new book "She Said," written with her New York Times colleague Megan Twohey, gives readers an inside look at the reporting of the Harvey Weinstein story and others integral to the #MeToo movement. (Martin Schoeller/70 Faces Media Montage/via JTA)
NEW YORK (JTA) — When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the Harvey Weinstein story on Oct, 5, 2017, it started a #MeToo revolution: Women began sharing personal experiences of the sexual harassment and abuse they had faced.
Kanye West performs with his Sunday Service choir at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., April 21, 2019. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella/via JTA)