We are serious about our Jewish Joke of the Week. So much so, that we’re offering a free cookie coupon from Hot Box Cookies, and all you have to do is be funny. Well, you have to send us a joke that is funny, and funny clean. No funny, not clean jokes. ...
Seth Rogovoy, Forward
• Published September 29, 2021
The landmark TV series “The Sopranos,” whose six-season run came to an end in 2007, is getting a brief resurrection with “The Many Saints of Newark,” a prequel that begins airing in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday, Oct. 1. While the original...
(Israel21c) - The bacteria wars are coming. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have pitted “good” bacteria against “bad” bacteria and the good guys, it appears, are winning.
If the system can be scaled, this new approach could potentially replace...
Upcoming events including the Mirowitz STEAM Studio, a family hike with Israeli shlicha Roni Lavi, a 'Healthy Me Day' at Epstein, and more.
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Relax on the speculation, everyone. Even you, The Onion.
Bond producer Barbara Broccoli announced that she is allowing Daniel Craig a one-year valedictory period before the search commences for a new 007 in 2022. Fittingly, that means the casting...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 28, 2021
David Chase, the television Godfather of mafia lore, is well-known for casting Jewish actors in Italian roles. To him, if the actor looked Italian and acted Italian but was really Jewish, it didn't stop him from casting them in an Italian-American role....
(JTA) — The Haim family is getting into the movie business. Or at least one of them, that is.
Alana Haim, guitarist of the famed band made up of three Jewish sisters, is set to star in director Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, “Licorice Pizza.”...
This article originally appeared at Forward. Reposted with permission.
It begins with the quick snap of a snare drum — a kind of shot heard round the world — followed immediately by the thump of a kick drum before the seven-piece rock band explodes...
Mark D. Zimmerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 27, 2021
The holiday of Sukkot began last Monday night, and continues for the next two days, ending with Shemini Atzeret on Tuesday and Simchat Torah on Wednesday. The holiday commemorates the time the Israelites spent in the desert, living in flimsy portable...
Before you take your next bite of some delicious chocolate, you may want to check out a new book by British autor Michael Leventhal, that explores the history of chocolate in Jewish food and culture. In his book, the author of "The Chocolate King,"...
Sometimes, a celebrity death hits you real hard. Sometimes you have such warm, warm feelings for a person you never knew because they gave you so much joy whenever you saw them onscreen. I felt that way when Jessica Walter died earlier this year, and...
