Harry potter
An oral history of the most epic Jewish summer camp prank ever
More than a decade after it happened, Ramah campers, counselors and staff look back on a Harry Potter spoiler they’ll never forget.
Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48 hours
The first Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” sold 1,000 copies in less than 48 hours.
The monumental effort of translating ‘Harry Potter’ into Yiddish
Translator Arun Viswanath tracked down words and terms associated with magic, British foods, boarding school life and dozens of rare plants
Daniel Radcliffe Cries, Learning About Anti-Semitism His Ancestors Faced
Even wizards get the blues.
How A Hanukkah Song Made Its Way Into The Hebrew Translation Of Harry Potter
If you read the “Harry Potter” series in Hebrew you may have noticed something curious: Sirius Black sings a Hanukkah song in one scene.
‘The Crimes Of Grindelwald’ Trailer Scrubs Female Characters From ‘Harry Potter’ World
Women in the ‘Harry Potter’ follow-up trailer get to cry, turn into snakes, and run to keep up with powerful men.
JK Rowling Blasts British Anti-Semitism On Twitter
She doesn’t have to be doing this, but she is.
JK Rowling Blasts Trump With A Torah Quote Over Family Separation
The author of many good books quotes from The Good Book.
‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ ‘Angels In America’ Lead Tony Nominations
After a particularly boring season on Broadway, there are few surprises among this season’s nominees for the Tony Awards.
‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Is Jewish — And Dark
“The whole play feels like a post-Holocaust meditation on survivor’s guilt, pain and intergenerational trauma.”