By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published November 16, 2022
Tuesday on “The Late Show,” Jon Stewart sat down with his old friend Stephen Colbert to talk Kyrie Irving, Kanye West and Dave Chappelle’s “SNL” monologue. In jest, he referred to himself as our “spokesjew.” His read of the situation has...
(JTA) — Last week saw Dave Chappelle deliver a brilliant monologue on “Saturday Night Live” addressing the antisemitism controversies surrounding Kanye West and Kyrie Irving.
Unfortunately, “brilliant” doesn’t inherently mean “moral”...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 14, 2022
Karen Silverstein, who was born and raised in St. Louis and first came to public attention with the cult-classic culinary documentary "Gefilte Fish," passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer on Nov. 11, 2022, in the San Francisco...
Shuly Rubin Schwartz, JTA
• Published November 14, 2022
(JTA) — Like so many other American Jews from the New York area, I have been eagerly awaiting “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” the new exhibit on the American Jewish deli now on view at the New-York Historical Society. After all, the deli was...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published November 14, 2022
In 1952, a 5-year-old Sammy Fabelman (or was it Steven Spielberg) saw a train crash.
His parents both assured him it wasn’t real. His father, an engineer, explained it by describing the mechanics of a film projector. His mother, a free spirit and would-be...
(JTA) — Two years ago, a poll on Twitter tried to settle once and for all how to refer to the corner of the social media platform where Jews conversed. “Jwitter” got two thirds of the 525 votes, with the rest falling to “Jtwitter.”
Whatever...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 27, 2022
Dear Reader,
I'm a true sucker for a great love story and I'm a firm believer in the concept of beshert, the Yiddish word that means “destined” or “fated.” It can be used to describe all kinds of lucky or fortuitous situations, not just romantic...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 27, 2022
Two Jewish entrepreneurs from Illinois who are the clever minds behind the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, are now ready to immortalize a St. Louis icon with its own bobblehead.
To celebrate the 57th anniversary of the completion of the...
(New York Jewish Week) – A new trailer for the FX miniseries “Fleishman Is in Trouble” — based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s debut novel and set on a very Jewish Upper West Side — dropped Tuesday.
Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Adam Brody...
Caleb Guedes-Reed, JTA
• Published October 25, 2022
(JTA) — Two weeks ago, Ariel Elias, then a little-known standup comedian performing at a club in New Jersey, had a beer thrown at her head from a group of Trump-supporting hecklers who discovered she voted for Joe Biden. After the beer smashed against...
