After nearly a year of waiting, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the hit series that airs on Amazon Prime Video, will return for its fifth and final season. Three of the nine episodes will drop on April 15, with the final episode airing on May 26. Mark your calendars now.

If you’re just tuning in, the show follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel as she navigates her career as a stand-up comedian. But the comedy — and drama — don’t end there. There’s a splendid backup cast and plenty of Jewish guilt to go around.

Adam McKinney, a Black Jewish choreographer, who attended Orthodox schools in Milwaukee, is the new artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

“A question I often ask is this,” he said. “‘What can dance do other than entertainment?’ Not only does dance have the capacity to heal but, for me, dance has the capacity to fill in the blanks of history.” In that vein, he will oversee the premiere of a ballet about Florence Waren, a Jewish dancer who worked with the French Resistance during WWII.

Lee Zeldin, (R-NY), a former New York gubernatorial candidate defeated by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in the November 2022 election, has announced the launch of a political action committee to back candidates who will increase Republican turnout among Jews, voters of color, and younger voters, according to “The Hill,” an online political site.

‘Leadership American Needs PAC,’ chaired by Zeldin, plans outreach to groups like Millennial and Gen. Z voters, also Black, Latino and Jewish communities.

After 20 years of leading the Whitney Museum of American Art — and overseeing its move from Madison Avenue to the meatpacking district — Adam D. Weinberg is stepping down this fall as director. In an unusual joint announcement by the Whitney’s board, the museum also said it had already selected Weinberg’s successors: Scott Rothkopf, 46, the current senior deputy director and chief curator, who will become director on Nov. 1.

Rothkopf told The New York Times that in a way, he had been building toward this professional milestone his whole life. “I came to the museum when I was a kid with my grandparents to look at art and went back to Dallas and made Calder circus animals out of coat hangers. Then I worked as an intern here in college. So for me, there is a lifelong sense of intimacy with this museum.”

Weinberg said he felt he was leaving the Whitney in good hands, having worked closely with Rothkopf for a dozen years. Weinberg will become director emeritus and an honorary trustee.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presented the 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to comedian, actor writer, producer and musician Adam Sandler at a gala event on March 19. The prize honors one of the world’s greatest humorists.

“Adam has created characters that have made us laugh, cry, and cry from laughing,” said Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center. “He has entertained audiences for more than three decades with his films, music, and his tenure as a fan favorite on SNL.”

Previous recipients have included Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, Neil Simon, Billy Crystal, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Ellen DeGeneres, Carol Burnett, Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Dave Chappelle.

Shul member Ellen Wiederlight was featured with Jill Schroeder in an article in the March 16 issue of the Suffolk Times. The article pointed out that Jill Schroeder, a personal trainer, was preparing to run a half-marathon and raise $5,000 for lung cancer research, which her client, Ellen Wiederlight, has been battling for eight years.

In addition to training with Jill Schroeder twice a week, Ellen Wiederlight will participate in an experimental antibody medical trial at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The procedure there binds receptors on specific types of cells and is linked to a drug that attacks cancer cells without harming healthy cells, the newspaper said.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced plans to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Brooklyn native, with the unveiling this spring of a permanent carving of the justice’s likeness in the New York State Capitol. Ginsberg’s portrait along the Great Western Staircase will be only the seventh woman depicted in the staircase gallery.