Instead it’s the real story of the estate of a bankrupt Jewish author who died in London more than a decade ago and now is now at the center of a “billion-dollar” copyright case against J.K. Rowling, the multimillionaire author of "Harry Potter" fame.

The Jewish Museum in the British capital London is to re-open next month following a US$ 15 million expansion project.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Russia's president to return a historic collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts.

Academy Award-nominated actor Colin Firth will play Jewish underground leader Avraham Stern in a new movie.

Artist and painter Meir Pichhadze died Thursday morning in his home in Tel Aviv after losing a battle with cancer. He was 54-years-old and left behind two children.

In Pavlodar, a Community Festival of Jewish Book was held. In the Festival framework, there were lots of interesting meetings and events.

The legendary Dnepropetrovsk musician and outstanding pianist Oleg Karpov is 55.

The Israeli film “Ajami” has made the first cut in the Oscar race.

Award-winning architect Frank Gehry has withdrawn from the project to build a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

Toronto author Joseph Kertes has won the 59th annual National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for his novel, "Gratitude."