Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published January 28, 2024
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Jon Stewart returns in February as a once-a-week host for his old late-night program, The Daily Show. Stewart, whose original...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 25, 2024
Dear Teens and Young People,
You are special and wonderful and perfect just the way you are. But there are some things you need to know to be even better. Well, good news! Aunt Amy has got your back with some advice you didn’t ask for.
It’s easy...
(JTA) — As the 2024 presidential election appears headed toward a Trump-Biden rematch, another familiar face is returning to help Americans keep up with — or at least joke about — the news. Jon Stewart, the iconic Jewish comedian and longtime host...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 9, 2024
Who couldn't use more laughs? A podcast that is designed to do just that is called "Amusing Jews." The show celebrates Jewish contributors and their impact on American popular culture.
Co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann, an expert in the sociology of...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 9, 2024
Comedian Brett Goldstein has added another show to his "The Second Best Night of Your Life" tour at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. The new show will take place on Saturday, May 18, at 4:00 p.m. Due to high demand, the previously announced shows...
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Jewish jokes. They’re hilarious, heartfelt and sometimes just what the doctor ordered when we need a break from the...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 19, 2023
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, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 13, 2023
Jewish actor Brett Goldstein is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is best known for his scene-stealing performance as the brash yet lovable Roy Kent on the Peabody-winning Apple TV+ series, “Ted Lasso.” But, before he broke through as the onscreen,...
The definition of a miracle is an extraordinary event not characterized by natural or scientific law, therefore being a supernatural act of divine agency. I didn’t know God started her own agency, but I’m super proud of her.
As we light the first...
(JTA) — In his viral video on social media after the Hamas attack on Israel, comedian Daniel-Ryan Spaulding riffs on the imagined reactions of an intolerably “woke” activist.
“If there was a Hamas terrorist attack at a queer rave in Brooklyn...
(New York Jewish Week) — Jews and comic books — two deeply entwined entities — will be the subject of a new pop culture event this weekend in New York, but all fans in St. Louis are invited to attend and enjoy virtually.
Billed as the “ultimate...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 5, 2023
I cannot stop watching football lately, but it’s only for one reason. Taylor Swift and her new boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.
My husband recently overheard me playing a game clip on the computer and said, “Are we watching football...
