Linda Buchwald, Kveller
• Published October 31, 2021
“The Ghost and Molly McGee” premiered on the Disney Channel earlier this month and, five episodes in, we’re already hooked on this hilarious and sweet animated show about polar opposites who become best friends. Molly McGee (voiced by Ashly Burch),...
(JTA) — British musician Alex Clare burst onto the pop music scene with his debut album in 2011, and was offered a chance to tour with megastar Adele.
But the tour would have required him to travel and perform on Jewish holidays, and Clare is an Orthodox...
BY DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 30, 2021
If you looked up Wilt Chamberlain's employment history, one of the first jobs you'll find is the Kutsher's Country Club. Before the man could break NBA records and go on to be one of the best in the game, he was The Borscht Belt Bellhop.
But it was...
(JTA) — A prominent rabbi in the Netherlands compared her country’s COVID-19 safety measures to the policies of Nazi Germany, drawing harsh rebuke from Jewish groups.
Tamarah Benima, an outspoken 71-year-old Reform rabbi from Amsterdam, made...
BY JORDAN PALMER, DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
• Published October 28, 2021
"The Forgotten Battle" is a Dutch World War II film that depicts the Battle of Scheldt in 1944. The movie just recently premiered on Netflix and popped up as a suggestion last weekend.
The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier (played by Gijs Blom), a...
Jeremy Kagan, The Forward
• Published October 28, 2021
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Making this movie changed my life.
Published in 1967, Chaim Potok’s book, “The...
(JTA) — More than 200 celebrities, including actors Mila Kunis, Billy Porter, Neil Patrick Harris and Helen Mirren, signed an open letter opposing efforts to boycott an LGBTQ film festival in Tel Aviv.
The letter published Wednesday is a response...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published October 27, 2021
‘I want any teenager with problems to know that life doesn’t end with school,’ says Shilo Ben Zeev. ‘If you push your dream and don’t give up, you can do a lot.’
PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published October 27, 2021
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Albert Speer, the Nazi architect who built a Cathedral of Light for Hitler and...
Gematria is a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers. This system, developed by practitioners of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), derived from Greek influence and became a tool for interpreting biblical texts.
In gematria,...
With the first night of Hanukkah roughly a month away (Hanukkah starts the night of Nov. 28 this year), shoppers are sure to be in the thick of present buying. Why not make things a little easier on them and suggest a great book (or four)? These titles...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 27, 2021
Every great actor should have the ability to portray a great antagonist. Put it on the theater arts call sheet or curriculum: the performer who can play both an equally involving and multi-faceted good guy, as well as a sinister villain. Jason Isaacs...
