(New York Jewish Week) – Students at Brooklyn’s Yeshivah of Flatbush are celebrating Purim by joining a new-old tradition of writing and singing pop song parodies for Jewish holidays.
In recent years, there’s been Erez Cohen’s “Shushan Funk,”...
(JNS) If there was an award for a most surprising opening scene, the Israeli hit comedy “The New Black”—in Hebrew, “Shababnikim”—would win it by a mile. The series, which finished its second season in Israel and whose first season is now available...
(New York Jewish Week) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” aired its fourth season finale on Friday, but if you’re not quite ready to say goodbye to Midge and the rest of the very Jewish gang, the show’s real-life locations across Manhattan are just...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 9, 2022
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Bring on the ‘bubbe meises’: A look at Jewish superstitions
Never toss a hat on a bed. Always close a holy book when you finish reading it. Spit three times when you hear good or bad news.
Many of us grew up hearing and adhering to these...
Laughter is one of the great joys of life. There are a lot of ways to laugh, from the full-on belly laugh to the "courtesy chuckle," you might receive when you crack a not-so-funny line. Laughter is part of a universal language of basic emotions that...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — “Saturday Night Live” is famously “Live from New York,” and in the latest episode the show doubled down on the promise.
In a skit on Saturday’s episode, guest host John Mulaney led the cast in a parody of...
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How Can You Tell If Your Dog is Jewish?
If...
Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published February 15, 2022
In the new trailer for her upcoming Hulu comedy series, Jewish superstar Amy Schumer politely tells a doctor that she has had 30,000 drinks, doesn't chew her food properly, and is barreling towards 40. While the doctor simply wanted to know if there were...
According to the YIVO, the Institute of Jewish Research, the term “Yiddish” is derived from the German word for “Jewish.” The most accepted (but not the only) theory of the origin of Yiddish is that it began to take shape by the 10th century...
