Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 24, 2022
(JTA) — As images of the banner held above Interstate 405 in Los Angeles claiming “Kanye is right about the Jews” ricocheted around the internet this weekend, Jessica Seinfeld decided to take a stand.
A cookbook author and wife of comedian Jerry...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 24, 2022
Stand-up comedian ILIZA SHLESINGER, 39, is on a roll. Last January, she and her husband, NOAH GALUTEN, had their first child. On Oct. 2, she was the winning contestant on “Celebrity Jeopardy” and will advance to the “winner playoffs.” Her...
(New York Jewish Week) — In a new political ad, Sen. Chuck Schumer gives constituents a Yiddish lesson while lauding some Democratic victories and decrying some Republican actions of the last term.
The thirty-second ad is titled “Yiddish Lessons...
(New York Jewish Week) — “Saturday Night Live” has a new Chuck Schumer: cast member and Jewish comedian Sarah Sherman.
The native of a “really Jewish Long Island” played the New York Democrat and Senate majority leader in last night’s cold...
Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published October 12, 2022
“Reboot,” a Hulu series that premiered in September, stars two Jewish TV greats — Paul Reiser of “Mad About You” fame and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator and star, Rachel Bloom.
Reiser plays Gordon Gelman, an artistic and somewhat...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 6, 2022
ChaiFlicks, the streaming platform dedicated to Jewish entertainment announced its Fall 2022 programming slate, led by three award-winning Israeli TV series making their North American premiere and streaming exclusively on the service.
The three...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 6, 2022
We just kicked off the Jewish year 5783. Shana Tova!
When you get your winter holiday cards in December, some include a newsletter, letting you know what’s going on in the lives of friends and family from near and far. For the Jewish High Holy Days,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 3, 2022
Dear Reader,
I'm going to be that dad. Yes, that dad that no matter how much my daughter begs me to stop doing something that embarrasses her, I won't. I just won't, and here's why:
The great make-believe comedy writer Benjy Stone said it best,...
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published October 3, 2022
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is coming up on the evening of October 4, 2023. If Yom Kippur feels extra heavy for you this year, we’ve got some good news: Emmy-nominated actress, neuroscientist, and Jewish mama Mayim Bialik is here to bring...
"Try before you buy." This is a smart tactic not just for investing in stuff but when considering a new relationship, romantic or platonic.
When you meet someone for the first time, how do you dig deeper to break the ice and find out more personal...
By Evelyn Frick, Hey Alma!
• Published September 22, 2022
After the success of Nick Kroll’s “Big Mouth,” its spinoff show “Human Resources,” “The Oh, Hello Show” with John Mulaney and his most recent project, getting kissed on the mouth by Harry Styles, it can be hard to remember that Kroll...
(JTA) — In 2008, Adam Sandler gave Hollywood one of its most memorable Israeli characters ever: the Zohan, an Israeli Defense Forces operative with superhuman abilities who leaves the anti-terrorism grind to become a hairdresser in New York. “You...
