Martin Greenfield, born in a part of Czechoslovakia that is now Ukraine and who was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager and later became a tailor for clients, including six U.S. presidents and numerous celebrities, died on March 18 at his home in Brooklyn. He was 95. Beaten in the camp for ripping a shirt, a fellow prisoner taught him to sew. At age 19, he was freed, and he boarded a ship to New [...]

Evan Gershkovich, a Jewish reporter for the Wall Street Journal, imprisoned for a year in Russia, has been ordered to remain in jail there on espionage charges until at least June, when his case may be reviewed. Friends and colleagues have organized fundraisers to bring attention to his plight in the hope that publicity may hasten his release.

Zach Hyman, a star hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers, scored his 50th goal of the 2023-24 season on March 24.

Ruth Levy Gottesman, an American educator, chair of the board of trustees of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) in the Bronx, New York, and a long-time professor there, last month donated $1 billion to the medical school to ensure that tuition would be free in perpetuity to all future students. It is the largest gift ever made to any medical school in this country. With her husband David, she donated $25 million to AECOM in 2008, which [...]

Yup, check this out. There they are — our own Miriam Gabriel and Adrianne Greenberg — all decked out for Hawaii in Florida. Shirts, leis, and a grass skirt on friend Meg. Of course, it’s all about golf and good fun, too at the Legacy Golf and Tennis Club’s member-guest tournament. Would you believe that some of the aloha revelers even dressed up their golf carts in grass skirts? Now for the scores. Our Miriam [...]

In a ceremony held Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, Barbara Streisand, a director, actor and writer, accepted a lifetime achievement award at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. She had joined SAG more than six decades ago. In her acceptance speech, she paid tribute to the Jewish founders of the film industry — Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, and Marcus Loew. “They were all fleeing [...]

Jewish actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach was cast as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, in the upcoming Fantastic Four movie. Grimm is one of Marvel’s Jewish characters, having had a bar mitzvah and Jewish wedding in the comics.

Huma Abedin, the former top aide to Hillary Clinton and the ex-wife of disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner, revealed in a Valentine’s Day post on social media that she’s in a relationship with Alex Soros, the son of George Soros, the Democratic megadonor.

Deni Avdija, the Israeli forward who plays for the Washington Wizards, exploded for 43 points and 14 rebounds on February 14, in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans. He is the first player to record those numbers for the team in nearly a half-century. Alas, in spite of the great numbers Avdija put up, the Wizards lost the game 133-126.

Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader is headed back to New York, this time as a member of the New York Mets. The 29-year-old Bronxville native agreed to a one-year $10.5 million contract. Bader spent the first five and a half seasons of his baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he won a Gold Glove in 2021. He was traded to the New York Yankees in 2022, but despite his stellar defense, he struggled at [...]