Nagpur: The iconic temple of Lord Vitthala and Goddess Rukmai, located at Dhapewada in Kamleshwar Tehsil of Nagpur, is set to undergo a significant transformation. The state govt has sanctioned ...

Mumbai: The Parsi community will enjoy a double celebration as new year or Navroz coincides with Independence Day Aug 15. Fire temples are ... It is a period of repentance when people pray for ...

A rare stone seal from the First Temple period bearing a winged figure and a name in paleo-Hebrew script – Yehoezer ben Hoshayahu – was discovered recently near the Southern Wall of Jerusalem ...

There are few films that are quite like Between the Temples. Now in theaters, it’s a sparkling and distinctly Jewish comedy. Written and directed by Nathan Silver, the film follows Ben (Jason ...

The comedy is loosely inspired by Cindy’s experience as a culturally Jewish woman, who at 68, enrolled at her local temple in Kingston, New York, in a b’nai mitzvah class (a gender-neutral ...

That’s the more standard way a film camera moves. Between the Temples opens with the opposite: in extreme close-up on Jason Schwartzman’s face, then slowly pulling back to reveal the bigger ...

Toward the end of Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples,” there’s a Shabbat dinner scene that in itself qualifies for immediate entrance into the Jewish Comedy of Embarrassment hall of fame ...

It is a colorful festivity and lasts for a period of ten days. In the temples, there are various forms of decoration and themes of the celebration, which makes it exciting and enjoyable.

Ben Gottlieb — the touchingly soulful hero of the soulful, delightfully tetchy “Between the Temples” — is a mess. He needs a haircut and a shave; he could do with better-fitting clothes.

In Nathan Silver’s thoroughly charming comedy “Between the Temples,” the only punchline to this setup is that these two find a singular kind of connection with each other. It’s a good ...