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Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about the bunny rabbit?

Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about the bunny rabbit?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 18, 2024

The date was August 12, 2022. I was in line at Protzel’s Deli when the mother of an old friend came up behind me and said, “Jordy, why do you publish a ‘Jewish Joke of the Week’ in the Morning Light?” She said it upset her because she believed...

Clara Deitchman

Funny Yiddish things my bubbe would say to me

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 17, 2024

Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish...

Lt. Robert Rosenthal, center, with his 418th crew in front of his plane, Rosies Riveters. (Courtesy of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation)

The real Jewish history of Lt. Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal, heroic pilot in ‘Masters of the Air’

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished March 15, 2024

Spoilers ahead for “Part Nine” of “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+. (JTA) — When Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rosenthal’s B-17 bomber aircraft exploded during his final World War II combat mission on Feb. 3, 1945, he found himself in the...

Eric Carmen, a founder of the Raspberries

Eric Carmen, who sang ‘All By Myself’ and ‘Hungry Eyes’ dies at 74

(Cleveland Jewish News/Alexandra Golden via JNS)Published March 14, 2024

Former Clevelander Eric Howard Carmen, a founder of the Raspberries—a power-pop group of the 1970s—will be remembered as “one of the good ones,” someone who “meant a lot to a lot of people” and “leaves a beautiful legacy that continues on.” Carmen,...

Host your own Purim film festival with these 5 films

Host your own Purim film festival with these 5 films

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 13, 2024

For over two decades, the film “Elf” has warmed the hearts of countless viewers, becoming a cherished Christmas tradition. Yet, on the Jewish calendar, while Passover boasts cinematic gems like "The Ten Commandments" and "The Prince of Egypt," poor...

From bagels, borscht, and belly laughs, how to understand Jewish Humor and its history

From bagels, borscht, and belly laughs, how to understand Jewish Humor and its history

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 13, 2024

The date was August 12, 2022. I was in line at Protzel's Deli when the mother of an old friend came up behind me and said, “Jordy, why do you publish a 'Jewish Joke of the Week' in the Morning Light?” She said it upset her because she believed that...

Clara Deitchman

Funny Yiddish things my bubbe would say to me

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 10, 2024

Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish...

Teen sons’ road trip chats offer mom a dose of humor

Teen sons’ road trip chats offer mom a dose of humor

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 10, 2024

Cute story — a few months ago we were on a family trip, driving from Flagstaff, Ariz., to the Grand Canyon when the following scene played out between my teenage sons. AAANNNDDD ACTION! Leo – Will there be signs saying we are at the Grand Canyon? Davis...

Adam Sandler stars as the titular character in Spaceman. Photo by Netflix

Is Adam Sandler’s Kafkaesque Tarkovskyesque Kubrickesque Netflix sci-fi drama worth your time?

By Dan FriedmanPublished March 6, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Recruit the director of the Chernobyl mini series and help him get Happy Gilmore to star in a homage to Andrei Tarkovsky’s...

St. Louis premiere of Four Winters unveils Jewish womens armed resistance during Holocaust

St. Louis premiere of ‘Four Winters’ unveils Jewish women’s armed resistance during Holocaust

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 4, 2024

For more than a decade, filmmaker Julia Mintz meticulously crafted her award-winning documentary “Four Winters” to challenge existing myths surrounding Jewish survival during World War II, offering a new and differing portrayal...

Fauda (Netflix)

10 best Israeli shows and films to catch on Netflix

By Naama Barak, Israel21c.orgPublished February 29, 2024

Hit TV show Fauda is probably the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Israeli content that has taken the world by storm. But the action-packed world of Doron Kabilio et al is far from the only fabulous made-in-Israel show you can catch...

Richard Lewis in 2018

Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished February 29, 2024

(JTA) — Comedian Richard Lewis, who parlayed his neurotic Jewish personality and self-deprecating humor into a 50-year career as a standup and actor, died Wednesday. He was 76. Lewis had been in ill health for a number of years and last April announced...

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