Jewish actors

Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary

Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!, a two-part HBO documentary debuting this week, is a career-spanning portrait of one of American comedy’s most influential figures.

MEL BROOKS and Judd Apatow attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Documentary Films' Mel Brooks: 99 Year Old Man! at Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Noah Schnapp attends the "Stranger Things" Season 5 Event at Hangar 7 - Flughafen Tempelhof on November 18, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

Stranger Things fans ignore anti-Israel activists' boycott call after stars sympathized with Israel

Jerry Adler attends SopranosCon 2019 at Meadowlands Exposition Center on November 23, 2019 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Jewish actor Jerry Adler, 'Sopranos' star, dies at 96

 SCARLETT JOHANSSON as Black Widow in ‘Captain America: Civil War.’

Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson breaks Hollywood record, becomes highest grossing actor


New Girl is newly Jewish: Actress Zooey Deschanel converts to Judaism

Deschanel, 35, stars in the Fox sitcom “New Girl” and has appeared in numerous films, including “Mumford” and “Almost Famous.”

Actress Zooey Deschanel

A Delicate Balancing Act

The Hanoch Levin Festival Begins next week

'Murder'

WATCH: Larry David is spot-on as Bernie Sanders on ‘SNL’

When Sanders, another Jewish curmudgeon, decided to run for president, it was clearly the role David was born to play.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

Tiny Ant-Man's Bigger Brand Lesson

The Jerusalem Post

Co-stars Kirsten Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg team up to tackle sexist interviewing

While promoting their new movie 'American Ultra', actors shine a spotlight on intrusive questions female stars often grapple with.

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg

Michael Douglas takes up the cause for a more inclusive Judaism

Genesis winner Michael Douglas talks to the ‘Post’ about acceptance within the Tribe.

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (left), Michael Douglas and Stan Polovets gather in New York City in January to celebrate the announcement of Douglas as the 2015 Genesis Prize laureate

Beloved actor Arieh Elias dies at 94

Best known for his roles in Israeli classics of the Sixties and Seventies, Elias granted 2013 lifetime achievement award from the Israeli Artists’ Association.

Arieh Elias.

Lena Dunham stirs pot with controversial 'dog or Jewish boyfriend' magazine piece

Dunham penned a piece entitled "Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz," in which she lists a number of attributes that the reader must guess is either referring to her pet or her companion.

Actress Lena Dunham arrives at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California

QUIZ: Which Famous Jewish woman are you?

Celebrate International Women's Day with some game-changing Jewish ladies

Bar Refaeli with two blue candles in support of autism awareness

Leonard Nimoy, known as Spock on 'Star Trek,' dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy