Rachel Valfer Sills of The Qadim Ensemble has spent much of her life following a musical thread — from the Ladino songs she loved as a girl to melodies that have traveled across centuries, languages and cultures. With the release of the ensemble’s new album, Entre Las Huertas, she reflects on the Sephardic women who carried these songs forward, the cultures that shaped them along the way and why this music remains a living tradition. It’s a story about memory and longing, but also about what happens when we tend the threads we inherit and pass them on. Read more.

What if talking about death could help us live more intentionally? Rabbi Melanie Levav, Executive Director of Shomer Collective, explores how Jewish tradition invites us to reflect on mortality, especially during the High Holidays, and why those conversations matter now more than ever. The Shomer Collective uses Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition in partnership with Reboot to help people come together to talk about life’s hardest and most meaningful questions. Read more.

Reboot’s Becky Adelberg spoke with The Floaters star Jackie Tohn and writer-director Rachel Israel about their hilarious and heartfelt new comedy set at Jewish summer camp—and why stories like this matter. The film captures so much of what makes Jewish summer camp unforgettable: lifelong friendships, awkward moments, music, competition, belonging and the joy of figuring out who you are. While Jewish audiences will recognize plenty of familiar details, at its heart The Floaters is a coming-of-age story about finding your people, a theme that resonates far beyond camp. Read the Q&A or watch the full video on YouTube.

Drawing from his experience as a filmmaker and comics creator, Arnon Z. Shorr examines the power of Jewish storytelling, arguing that when Jewish communities don’t tell their own stories, others often fill the void with stereotypes, distortions or erasure. Reflecting on a question posed during a Comic-Con panel, “What’s the big deal about telling these Jewish stories?” Shorr explores how mainstream media has historically presented a narrow view of Jewish identity, often centering Ashkenazi experiences or stories rooted in trauma, while leaving countless other histories and perspectives untold. Through the metaphor of a child imagining monsters in a dark closet, Shorr illustrates how incomplete storytelling creates space for misunderstanding. Diverse, authentic Jewish narratives, help illuminate that darkness, revealing the richness, complexity and humanity of Jewish life, while fostering deeper understanding across cultures, he says. Read more.

Reboot spoke with Stav Idisis about her show, Bloody Murray, a light-hearted, witty take on the romantic comedy that has become a huge hit in Israel and is now streaming in America on ChaiFlicks. The series follows Murray, a cynical film lecturer in her mid-30s who teaches romantic comedies but cannot quite make romance work in her own life. When her best friend and roommate Dana falls for a man Murray accidentally hit with her car and flees, Murray slowly convinces herself that he may actually be meant for her. It is a sharp, funny, contemporary comedy about friendship, work, romance, family pressure and the gap between the lives people imagine for themselves and the lives they actually end up living. Watch the interview or  read the transcript.