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...
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,...
