Celebrities

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Peter Himmelman

Ben Ramson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:51:57 GMT

Peter Himmelman Peter is one of the best songwriters alive. He has released a dozen solo albums, going back to the late 1980s. He has written music for hit TV shows like Judging Amy , which was nominated for an Emmy, and Bones . He's even been on TV with his father-in-law, Bob Dylan . Peter

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Jonathan Tucker

Ben Ramson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:12:12 GMT

Jonathan Tucker Jonathan's been in almost 25 movies and more than a dozen TV shows . . . and he's not even 30 yet! Well, there isn't enough room to tell you about all of them, but some shows you'll recognize. The crime shows he's been in include Criminal Minds (with Mandy Patinkin ) , White C

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Nicola Peltz

Ben Ramson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:55:47 GMT

Nicola Peltz Nicola is a middle child, but not in the usual way. She's one one seven kids, only two of whom are girls. That's two girls against five boys, so we feel that this is an uneven match . . . for the boys! Nicola was one of the "55 Faces of the Future," according to one magazine. And you

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Thomas McDonell

Paul Wieder — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:04:06 GMT

Thomas McDonell Thomas is a man in demand! He's the king of PROM , one of our Movies of the Month; he's Jesse. But you can also catch him on TV in Suburgatory , which is a mash-up word of "suburb" and "purgatory." Purgatory is a term for a place in between Heaven and Hell. And there is a word

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Ari Graynor

Paul Wieder — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:07:16 GMT

Ari Graynor We thought Ari was one of the best parts of Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (you can see the rest of its Jewish cast in the Bonus below). We guess Hollywood agrees, because she's been going gangbusters since then! Now, she's Rachel on JJ Abrams ' hit sci-fi show Fringe , and she w

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Lee Grant

Ben Ramson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:46:07 GMT

Lee Grant Lee is an award-winning actor and director. Which awards? Well, some Oscars and an Emmy for starters. Also a Cannes Film Festival Citation for Best Actress and a Directors Guild Award . . . a Congressional Arts Caucus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting and Independent Filmmaking

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Jenny Lewis

Ben Ramson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:49:43 GMT

Jenny Lewis Jenny is one of the few artists who truly belongs in two of our categories - actors and musicians. She has been acting since 1985, so for more than 20 years. But she is also the lead singer of a hot band called Rilo Kiley. (No one in the band has that name; it came to Jenny in a dream! T

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Julia Levy-Boeken

Ben Ramson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:43:20 GMT

Julia Levy-Boeken Julia has been in projects in three languages - English, French, and Hebrew! (Oh, and you say her last name "LEH-vee BEK-en.) She was born in France. But even her first major French movie was Jewish; it was about Holocaust survivors. And then in 2007, she was in an Israeli TV

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Logan Lerman

Ben Ramson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:29:24 GMT

Logan Lerman The expression "to steal my thunder" means "to take attention away from me." Like, if it's your sister's wedding, to announce during it that you were engaged would "steal her thunder" because then all the attention would be on you instead of her. Well, Logan didn't steal anyone's thunder

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Lawrence Kasdan

Paul Wieder — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:21:10 GMT

Lawrence Kasdan The movie many Star Wars fans feel is the best of the series, The Empire Strikes Back , was in the news in 2010 because it was celebrating its 30th anniversary. Its director, Irvin Kirshner, is Jewish . . . and so is its writer, Lawrence here. Lawrence, whose friends call him L

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Zachary Gordon

Paul Wieder — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:17:25 GMT

Zachary Gordon It's a common mistake to confuse actors with their roles. So, for the record, can we just say that while Zach here is the star of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, he is no wimpy kid himself! Zach is a swimmer, a rollerblader, a basketball and tennis player, a singer, and a breakdancer

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Sophie Auster

Ben Ramson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:05:09 GMT

Sophie Auster Along with Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand , Sophie belongs in both our acting and musical categories. She has been in a half-dozen movies and recorded an album. The next one is due out soon. While the movies came out before the album did, Sophie started singing first. She had t

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Akiva Goldsman

Paul Wieder — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:59:25 GMT

Akiva Goldsman Usually, it's "writer/director," which means someone likes to direct the movies they write. Or "producer/director," which means they do the behind-the-scenes stuff on the movies they also direct.  But Akiva - named after one of the greatest rabbis in history - is a "w

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Eydie Gorme

Paul Wieder — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:02:07 GMT

Eydie Gorme The lifespan of a music star's career these days is about as long as a music video. But Eydie Gorme (her first name rhymes with "speedy," and her last name sounds just like the word "gourmet") and her husband, Steve Lawrence (also Jewish), have been stars since the 1950s. That’s more than

JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Ted Raimi

Paul Wieder — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:04:08 GMT

Ted Raimi Ted's brother is Sam Raimi, who directed the Spider-Man movies (and also a bunch of zombie movies!). Well, Ted is a big deal in Hollywood all by himself, and he's not a director but an actor. The brothers do work together a lot. Ted's been in all three Spider-Man movies, and in a l