Readers of the Jewish Light are familiar with my lifelong obsession with comic books.  As a kid, I had over 1,200 Golden Age comic books in neat stacks on my windowsill in our Westgate apartment in my beloved University City.  I knew most of the stories...

This story was originally published on [DATE] by The Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from The Forward delivered to you each morning. 2021 was a year of new beginnings — not just for our newly reopened society, but also for...

As a Jew, does the idea of celebrating New Year's Eve on December 31 make you feel uncomfortable? In recent years, I've seen rabbis write articles about how the Jews in their community see the holiday as part of secular tradition, with no redeeming...

In 1951, “I Love Lucy” was the highest rated show on TV. It co-starred Lucille Ball and her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, as her TV-husband. On Dec. 22, Amazon Prime began streaming a bio-pic about the couple, entitled “Being the Ricardos” (the...

"The current conception of  Jewish humor originated, as many modern ideas have, with Sigmund Freud. He was the first to single out "self-criticism" as a unique quality of Jewish Jokes."  - Dan Ben-Amos from "The Myth of Jewish Humor (1973) Your Jewish...

Every Christmas one thing is for certain: everything is closed except for Chinese food and entertainment. Folks who celebrate the holiday come together for festive dinners, but the Jewish community is left out in the cold. That's when San Francisco comedian...

If there's one thing that December brings to the table, it's plenty of entertainment options. Here are a few Jewish-themed TV picks we recommend this week to keep on your radar. Need a good laugh, go see Amy! While Jewish actress Amy Schumer likes to...

There was no way my father, 92 and with stage 4 metastatic colon cancer, could wait in the 40-minute line for what we knew would be his last meal at Katz’s Deli, so we dropped my sister off and went to park. Miraculously, after a single circling, we...

“This story was originally published on December 14, by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning.” Sixty years ago, on Dec. 15, 1961, Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was sentenced...

"A Jewish joke is more than just a funny story, for it often has a message for the listener. “First you laugh at a Jewish joke or quip. Then, against your will, you suddenly fall silent and thoughtful. And that is because Jews are so frequently jesting...

Remember a year ago, as 2020 came to a close, so many of us thought 2021 would usher in all the positive changes we needed and wanted? A new president. The end of COVID. The promise of sticking to a New Year’s resolution to lose those last few, or 20,...

Here is our new list of Jewish shows to stream this week. The second week of December means a winter slew of awards-caliber movies, and the Jewish community's most prominent filmmaker has a new release out this week. Let's get into that and other entertainment...