The Jewish community has praised Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy after she tested positive for the Ashkenazi-based BRCA1 gene mutation. [Forward] The Women of The Wall’s chairwoman gives an interview on her tactics for gender equality and the different Jewish values in Israel. [Jerusalem Post] Israel is receiving criticism as they maintain silence following the Arab League’s peace initiative two weeks ago. [ABC] Secretary of State John Kerry is being pressured by …More

Dead at the age of 56 after years of fighting breast cancer, Angelina Jolie’s mother never had the chance to meet five of Jolie’s six children. In an attempt to avoid a similar fate, in February the Oscar-winning actress underwent a preventive double mastectomy. “I have always told [my children] not to worry, but the truth is I carry a ‘faulty’ gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer,” the actress, 37, wrote in Tuesday’s …More

A journalism school at an Israeli college has been named in Daniel Pearl’s honor. The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya opened the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday, a testament to the life of a journalist killed in the line of duty. Pearl was kidnapped by Pakistani radicals in 2002 while working for the Wall Street Journal. Before his beheading, his last words were, “My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. I am Jewish.” Pearl’s story has become …More

Brad Pitt seems to think he’s found a formula in his “Moneyball” success: bringing stories from the bookshelf to the silver screen. Apparently, Mr. Angelina Jolie will be backing a film version of “IBM and the Holocaust,” a 2001 book about IBM’s involvement with the Nazi regime during World War II. The story goes that IBM’s then-head, Thomas Watson, made a deal with Nazi authorities in 1933 to help with census taking of 66 million Germans. The records ultimately led to …More

Israeli Ministers call for a stronger response to the recent escalation with Gaza. [Ynet] Nehemia Shtrasler applies the “catastrophe law” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the conflict with Iran. [Haaretz] A committee in charge of approving web domain names has deemed “Yahweh.co.il” to be inoffensive, through some halachic views hold that typing the name of God is only permissible when absolutely necessary. [Ynet] Alex Levac finds the subtlety of …More

Talk about a tourism booster. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are coming to Israel! According to the website Shalom Life, Pitt, Jolie, and their six children may be spending at least a month in the Jewish state as Pitt films scenes for his new movie, “The Gray Man,” which is about an assassin who becomes the target of an international manhunt. Several Israeli hotels have been contacted about reserving 50 rooms for the movie’s crew. Don’t be surprised by the news! When Jolie visited the …More

Alicia Keys joined Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Sofia Vergara, Viola Davis, Zachary Quinto and Evan Rachel Wood in a tribute to Steven Spielberg at the Producer’s Guild Awards. The legendary Hollywood power-pusher received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award for his contributions to the industry. "For every film and television show nominated tonight, someone reached out and gave a hand. I am grateful to feel all of yours holding mine right now," the director said upon accepting the award. But …More

The Hollywood power couple of all Hollywood power couples—Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—were moved this week by a visit to Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Pitt and Jolie were there for a special screening of Jolie’s new movie, “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” The film, which marks the actress' first foray into writing and directing a feature-length production, focuses on the Bosnian War through the lens of a forbidden romantic relationship between a Serb and a Muslim …More

If she looks like Angelina Jolie and acts like Angelina Jolie – she must be Mali Levy. American celebrity gossip magazine In Touch reported Monday that Jolie is feeling "very insecure" about the potential Israeli co-star of her partner, Brad Pitt, in "World War Z". In Touch quoted a source close to the Bragelina super couple as saying that Jolie is "terrified" that Pitt will fall for his co-star, just like he did with her when he was married to Jennifer Aniston. Ynet reported recently that Levy, an …More