Famous jews

How Jewish soccer legends forced to flee the Holocaust built modern football

Béla Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer - and changed the sport forever - when he imported the revolutionary 4-2-4 system from Hungary to São Paulo in 1957.

Benfica coach and manager Bela Guttmann (1900-1981), blowing a whistle, during a training session at White City Stadium in London, England, 5th April 1962.
HAYM SALOMON played a pivotal role in financing the revolution.  Pictured: Salomon statue in Pan-Pacific Park, Los Angeles.

Answering the call: The overlooked Jewish role in America’s revolution - opinion

18 notable Jews who died in 2025.

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Odessa A'zion at A24's "Marty Supreme" New York Premiere on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York, New York.

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’


Why did Larry King don tefillin?

The veteran broadcaster sent a special message to a Chabad rabbi with ALS.

Larry David in tefillin

110 of Albert Einstein's documents newly unveiled for 140th birthday

In honor of the scientist's 140th birthday, Hebrew University revealed newly-acquired pages of equations and private letters.

Einstein's notes on the physics of the atomic bomb and nuclear reactor

The shmatte trade

Andrew Gross’s latest novel stars the rough-and-tumble Jewish gangsters of 1930s New York City.

THE 1930S in Manhattan were rife with corruption and mob influence.

Learning from a legend

Ariel Burger details his own journey and his experiences working for Elie Wiesel in a new memoir.

Elie Wiesel participates in a discussion on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 2, 2015

Amy Schumer announces first pregnancy in Instagram post

The comedian took to social media to share the news with the world.

Amy Schumer

An ideal Jewish Polynesian royal husband

Life was beautiful, bountiful and placid.

Shipwreck

Marcel Marceau: Grappling with the past through silence

This extraordinary story began with Marceau’s participation in the French underground, when he helped smuggle persecuted Jewish children and forged identity cards.

Marcel Marceau

The 50 most influential Jews of the year

Who are the world's most powerful Jews?

The world's most influential Jews of 5778

Famed writer Philip Roth didn’t play nice

Good literature is supposed to rattle your cage. Roth’s fiction discomfited us, and for that reason he is worth celebrating.

Philip Roth

‘Big Bang Theory’ star Mayim Bialik gives keynote address at JCT gala

The 42-year-old Jewish actress, who plays neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS primetime sitcom and is herself a neuroscientist, was also awarded the Yael Heroine of Israel Award.

Mayim Bialik of the hit sitcom 'Big Bang Theory'