(JTA) — Seventy notable writers and publishers including some Jewish writers such as Rachel Kushner, Francisco Goldman and Eileen Myles have signed a letter supporting Irish novelist Sally Rooney in her refusal to have her third novel translated into...
Lion Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published November 21, 2021
Despite some scathing reviews, Marvel’s newest box office smash, “Eternals,” directed by Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), is a win for superhero representation. The movie, which opened on November 5, and tells the story of a race of alien...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 19, 2021
We will have barely cleared the dishes from Thanksgiving, when Hanukkah shows up a few days later — in November, no less.
If like me, you’re behind in your Hanukkah shopping — or haven’t even started! — perhaps some things in the Light’s...
(JTA) — Fans of Netflix’s “My Unorthodox Life” started buzzing late Wednesday when Ben Weinstein, the husband of the star’s daughter, posted a picture of himself to Instagram with an intriguing caption: “Officially not-famous.”
Was Weinstein...
Dan Buffa, SPECIAL FOR THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 19, 2021
Martin Scorsese is well-known for his everlasting loyalty to two bands: The Rolling Stones and The Grateful Dead. The former has collaborated with the legendary filmmaker on a pair of documentaries. A Grateful documentary came out in 2017. So, the news...
Annette van de Kamp, Jewish Press editor
• Published November 19, 2021
With the renovation of THE beautiful Staenburg Kooper Fellman JCC in Omaha almost being complete, we can wonder: what else is Michael Staenberg up to? One place his focus is on is a place called ‘The District.’
The District in Chesterfield, Missouri...
(JTA) — Jewish actors Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan will play lead roles in the TV adaptation of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” the 2019 novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner about a Jewish man’s middle-age crisis.
Eisenberg will play the title character,...
Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 18, 2021
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” open Nov. 19. It’s a sequel to the two hit “Ghostbusters” movies that opened in the ’80s and it makes many references to the original films. Most advance reviews of “Afterlife” are good, if not great. “Charming”...
Tom Holland's Spider-Man went from being a rookie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to currently sitting as one of its longest-standing (and still alive) superheroes, but he's about to welcome in some unsavory company this holiday season.
"Spider-Man:...
From Groucho Marx to the Borscht Belt to Sarah Silverman, many of America’s best-known comedians have been Jewish. And so important is humor to Jewish culture that a landmark study on American Jewish identity in 2013 found that 42 percent of American...
