Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 5, 2022
"I'd step in front of a train for you."
That's what Sara Wood, Evan Rachel Wood's mother, tells her daughter in the second episode of the HBO Max mini-series, "Phoenix Rising." The Jewish actress and her fight to break free of an abusive relationship...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 5, 2022
Honoring a life dedicated to art is the theme of a new exhibition honoring St. Louis artist James Smith at the Gallery At The District. The show, which opened on March 31, honors Smith who passed away suddenly last month at the age of 73. The exhibition...
Jordan Palmer, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 5, 2022
Danielle Finn is safely inside the Top 24, on "American Idol" season 20, but it came with a dose of reality from popstar, Katy Perry.
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When it comes to language, clichés are so yesteryear. They’re the convenient fast food of communication; something to fall back on when we are trying to make a point. They pop out of our mouths like bread in a toaster—ready to serve and digest with...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2022
In September, Zachary Wexelman was strumming a guitar in his music studio when he received an email from Universal Music Group. The company’s A&R (artist & repertoire) team wanted to license a song Wexelman wrote. That’s the same Universal...
AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 3, 2022
As an homage to the great Marcia Brady, I’ve been keeping a diary, or as the cool kids call it, a journal. Articles and podcasts aplenty tout the benefits of journaling. Apparently, it’s good for you.
Plain journals come with blank pages,...
Jim Sullivan, The Forward
• Published March 31, 2022
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We’re entering spring and lo and behold — wonders of wonders! — Devo once again walks among...
(New York Jewish Week) — Barry Manilow could fill a stage just by showing up with a piano, and he has: Starting in 1977, his stints on Broadway have nearly always sold out. With 13 multi-platinum albums, 28 top ten hits, and a famously devoted...
Deborah Schneider, Jewish Women’s Archive
• Published March 30, 2022
(JWA) -- Long before her final role as the grouchy bailiff on Night Court, Selma Diamond earned a reputation behind the scenes as a brilliant, salty comedy writer for some of the best shows on radio and television.
Diamond began writing jokes...
