Malina Saval

Malina Saval is the Features Editor at Variety and the author of The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens and the novel Jewish Summer Camp Mafia.

Jew People
Jonah Hill’s latest is a parade of mindless, self-denigrating tropes—and Hollywood Jews are angry
byMalina Saval
Rosh Hashanah by the Sea
This year, my family is taking the holiday on the road
byMalina Saval
The Listener on the Mat
Jennifer Pastiloff lost her faith when she was young, and rediscovered it by becoming one of Los Angeles’ most sought-after yoga teachers
byMalina Saval
Jewish Stars: A Conversation with Joshua Rush
The Disney star on his real life and on-air Bar Mitzvahs, balancing his faith and his schedule, and the pleasures of doing the Hora
byMalina Saval
Jewish Stars: A Conversation with Rachel Winter
The Oscar-nominated producer on going from Jewish community theater to Hollywood, making ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ and finding surprising funders for her Holocaust movie
byMalina Saval
Welcome to Our Newest Column, Jewish Stars
TV writer Sascha Rothchild on Glow, Passover at the Savages, and anti-Semitism on Twitter
byMalina Saval
Amy Winehouse Was a Nice Jewish Girl With a Big Problem
The singer, subject of a moving new biographical documentary, never lived long enough to learn how to live
byMalina Saval
Taking My First Trip to Ukraine, Under the Watchful Eyes of Jesus
A visit to Lviv for my brother’s wedding showed that for some Jews with Eastern European roots, you can’t go home again
byMalina Saval
Ryan Lochte’s Talmud Lesson
The Talmud tells parents to teach our kids to swim. The Olympic champ and reality TV star makes that easier.
byMalina Saval
God Is My Traffic Cop
I keep getting messages from God about driving on the Sabbath, so I’m going give it up—for one Saturday
byMalina Saval
Praying for Serenity
I learned to embrace the prayers we recited at Al-Anon meetings, until I started to feel left out as a Jew
byMalina Saval