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‘Do I Want To Walk Through The World With The Wexner Name Attached To Mine?’

Thu, 2019-08-01 15:53 | Shira Hanau

Les Wexner speaks onstage at the 2016 Fragrance Foundation Awards presented by Hearst Magazines. Wexner fellows are debating what to do with funds received from his organizations following news of his cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Getty Images

In the wake of allegations against Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking and sexual abuse of minors — a scandal that has touched on Epstein’s money-managing client and famed Jewish philanthropist Leslie Wexner — an intense discussion is emerging among fellows and alumni of the Wexner Foundation fellowship over how to respond to disturbing reports about the relationship between the two men.

Jennifer Lopez And Alex Rodriguez Are Really Enjoying Their Time In Israel

Thu, 2019-08-01 15:46 | Gabe Friedman

This Week, Travel

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez at the 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, June 3, 2019. (James Devaney/Getty Images/via JTA)

(JTA) — Celebrity power couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez don’t have a lot of time in Israel, but they are making the most of it.

The two — along with Rodriguez’s two children from his first marriage, and Lopez’s twins she had with fellow singer Marc Anthony — have been in the Jewish state since Tuesday, ahead of Lopez’s concert Thursday night in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park.

3 Participants Share What They Learned On J Street’s First Alternative To Birthright Trip

Thu, 2019-08-01 15:43 | Elyse Endlich, Liyah Foye, Gabriella Kamran

This Week

Participants on J Street’s first ‘Let My People Know’ trip in Hebron. (Courtesy of J Street via JTA)

‘To Step Into Hannah Senesh’s Shoes’

Thu, 2019-07-25 16:14

This Week, Theater & Dance

Lexi Rabadi plays Hannah Senesh in one-woman show with music.
Deborah Lopez

The 25-year-old actor Lexi Rabadi is two years older than Hannah Senesh — a symbol of courage for generations of Israelis — was when she parachuted into her native Hungary in 1944 to try to save Jews and was captured, tortured and executed.

Natalie Portman Announced As Female Thor In Upcoming Marvel Movie

Mon, 2019-07-22 11:33

This Week, Film & Television

Director Taika Waititi hands Natalie Portman the Thor hammer, as the current "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth looks on at the San Diego Comic-Con International festival, July 20, 2019. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney/via JTA)

(JTA) — Actress Natalie Portman will go from super scientist-love interest to super hero in the 4th installment of Marvel’s “Thor” series.

Portman, who is Jewish and Israeli, will portray a female Thor in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” scheduled for release in November 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported from the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

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