Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. Singer-songwriter Jill ...

JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) will honor Tony Award-winning actor Brandon Uranowitz with the Jewish Queer Icon Award this March. They will also present Tony Award-winning producer Riva Marker with the JQY ...

The recognition of Sussman by JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) comes at a time of increasing efforts to erase queer and trans people from public life. “We are proud to recognize Rachel Sussman’s commitment to ...

Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and Leonard Bernstein are the “unruly” subjects of David Denby’s “Eminent Jews.” In his new book “Eminent Jews,” Denby celebrates four leading Jewish cultural ...

For those who miss the very funny, very Jewish presence of the late comedy icons Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, a new off-Broadway play that tells the story of their eight-year relationship practically ...

Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule died in a house fire at age 66 at her home in Woodbury, Minnesota, on May 1. A self-described “two-hit wonder,” Sobule is best known for her songs “I Kissed a Girl” and ...