Jesse Plichta-Kellar, Alma.com
• Published November 24, 2021
Ostensibly, one of the most interesting parts of living in the United States as a Jew is the “holiday season” and the inevitable deluge of Christmas merchandise. My childhood is a product of the early 2000s, so I remember a time before Hanukkah saw...
MUNICH (JTA) – The scene here was supposed to be jubilant this week: After a year and a half of lockdowns and curtailed community activity, rabbis from across Europe were due to gather for a conference to dream big about post-pandemic Jewish life.
Instead,...
RACHEL SPEZIA, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 24, 2021
Hanukkah holds an extra special place in my heart. That’s likely because it was the only Jewish holiday we celebrated when I was growing up. We were taught to be incredibly proud of our Jewish identity, but other than Hanukkah and the insane amount...
With Hanukkah right around the corner, starting Nov. 28, Jewish a capella greats Six13 release Hanukkah video: “West Side Chanukah Story,” a riff off of Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of “West Side Story,” opening Dec. 10.
One...
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(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — If you click through Twitter, you may come upon a list of some 250 accounts called “Jewish Nat’l Fund Donors.”
But it’s safe to say that no one on the list has ever given any money to the actual Jewish National...
(JTA) — The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than a year ago.
The transfer was arranged by ZAKA, an Israeli volunteer rescue and...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 22, 2021
It's almost as if Jonathan Larson knew he didn't have a lot of time on Earth, so he spent every waking second writing. Phrases such as "art or life?" were written on notepads; the questions that seemed unanswerable brought the most passion out of him,...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 22, 2021
The Designing Block gallery in Clayton often showcases emerging artists. It is currently providing space to a talented octogenarian who started painting as a hobby just six months ago. And while she is something of an expert in home furnishings and...
Ten years ago, Illya Buzunov never could have imagined that one day he’d be teaching Jews around the world how to prepare potato latkes.
Until 2014, the Ukraine native didn’t even know he was Jewish.
But that’s exactly what...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 22, 2021
Last week, Jonah Hill signed on to play the famous singer and band leader, Jerry Garcia in a Martin Scorsese-directed film. But long before the Jewish actor started feeling grateful for the dead in a musical way, Jonah Hill took on roles as the jokester....
