Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published August 21, 2022
(JTA) — Back in 2000, Spike Lee made a concert film starring four of the most popular Black comics of the day: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer and the late great Bernie Mac. “The Original Kings of Comedy” was a revelation for...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published August 18, 2022
You know those adorable moms who take those adorable pictures of their kids on the first day of school holding those adorable signs saying what grade they’re in? I’m not one of those.
While the signs are fun and cute, I feel like they could convey...
Sarah Silverman is not afraid to speak her mind. In fact, most recently she made news by popularizing the term “Jewface” to describe non-Jewish actors playing Jewish roles and kicked off a heated cultural conversation in the process. But controversy...
MARIAH HALPERIN, NOSHER
• Published August 15, 2022
If you were a kitchen appliance, what would you be and why?” my manager asked. It was mid-Monday morning, usually one of the slowest times at the cafe where we worked, and Bob loved to probe the depths of our souls during slow moments.
“Cuisinart,”...
(New York Jewish Week) — “How long is this interview going to be? My agent said this was going to be brief,” comedian Jessica Kirson says, greeting a New York Jewish Week reporter.
“I’m constantly complaining,” she added by way of explanation.
While...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 11, 2022
There’s a song kids sing at Jewish summer camp with the lyrics, “Wherever you go, there’s always someone Jewish.”
My husband and I lived that last week when we traveled to San Diego, where both kids played in the JCC Maccabi Games. Of course,...
AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published August 7, 2022
In a previous column I created an awards ceremony for moms, but we shouldn’t get all the attention. Dads deserve to be the butt of the joke … I mean, dads deserve praise, too. They should be awarded for all they do, especially when it’s ridiculous...
(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step.
Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday with a video, singing a lick from the classic tune “That’s...
Benjamin Ivry, The Foward
• Published July 25, 2022
The news that the ketubah, or Jewish marriage contract, for Moe Howard from the Three Stooges has sold at auction for a hefty sum might provoke some reconsideration about the slapstick comedians’ Yiddishkeit.
Some Jews remain decidedly opposed...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 27, 2022
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, Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish on occasion, and not...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 21, 2022
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, Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish on occasion, and not knowing...
