Jewish Exponent

Theatre Ariel Hopes to Inspire Jewish Joy With New Show

Join Theatre Ariel for a comedic and poignant play, “Marsha Blovotnick and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup.” ...
Washington City Paper

Defying Her Form: Temim Fruchter on Jewish Folklore, Queer Stories, and Hyena Laughs

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. In one of the many folktales sprinkled throughout City of ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Take a look at Jewish folklore and books with Jewish characters

This month’s column features Jewish folklore and books about Jewish characters. Cinderella fans might enjoy Nina Jaffe’s “The Way Meat Loves Salt” and Erica Silverman’s “Raisel’s Riddle.” Like “The ...
Forbes

How Josh Gad And The Berkowitz Brothers Came Up With The Jewish Answer To ‘Percy Jackson’ With Dark Horse Comic ‘The Writer’

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism. Told across four issues, all of which are now on sale, the ...
The Boston Globe

Josh Gad and the Berkowitz brothers talk penning ‘The Writer,’ a Boston-set comic book rooted in Jewish folklore

As kids growing up in Wellesley, Ben Berkowitz would often drag his brother, Max, to the comic book store, where he’d spend hours flipping through pages of “Hellboy” and other superhero titles. On ...
Forbes

With ‘The Sanhedrin Chronicles,’ J.S. Gold Does For Judaism What ‘Percy Jackson’ Did For Greek Mythology

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism. “I wanted to introduce readers to a Jewish mythology, ...