Jordan Palmer, Digital Director, The Jewish Light
• Published August 21, 2021
In a recent survey of Jewish Light readers of both the newspaper and website, we asked if people remembered the first time they had heard of the Jewish Light? The overwhelming answer was, "When a friend or family member was mentioned in an article."
There...
In most art exhibits, each piece has a plaque that identifies the title, artist, subject, and style. At the Jewish Museum’s newest exhibit, however, each plaque has two descriptions. The first is a standard explanation of the piece. The second explains...
Rebecca Salzhauer, Forward
• Published August 20, 2021
The first time I cried in a bathroom, the only thing that soothed me was the promise of a black and white cookie.
It was 2009, a week before my ninth birthday. A different virus, the swine flu, was poised to run rampant in my elementary school. My...
As you may remember from our story on the magnificent ancient mosaics of Israel, the country is chockablock with this antique form of art.
Turns out, however, it’s not only 2,000-year-old works of art that grace the floors and walls of...
It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do.
So, to better answer the question...
DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 20, 2021
If you haven't seen "Hacks" on HBO Max yet, stop what you're doing and press play.
While Jean Smart makes a role like an aging entertainer/comedian staring at a crossroads in her career sing like few other actresses could, the show's sizzle generates...
(JTA) — How did aliens find their way into a nice Jewish dramedy?
It’s hard to say for sure how extraterrestrials factor into “The Magnificent Meyersons,” a new independent film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer. Even for those who watch...
(JTA) — The Argentines who placed stones in front of the Casa Rosada government building this week were marking a grim milestone in their country’s COVID-19 experience: crossing the 100,000-death threshold.
They were also echoing a Jewish...
(JTA) — Alan Dershowitz’s Martha’s Vineyard vacations are still prettay, prettay uncomfortable.
Larry David “screamed” at the prominent legal commentator at a popular convenience store on the island, the New York Post reported...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published August 19, 2021
We are a little more than two weeks away from Rosh Hashanah and the start of a new year on the Hebrew calendar.
As such, Rick Recht, the executive director of JKids Radio, Jewish Rock Radio and Songleader Boot Camp, has selected, as our latest...
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman was born in New York and grew up in suburban Long Island.
He graduated in 1971 from the now-defunct Grahm Junior College in Boston, where he studied television. Kaufman lived in a hazy borderland between comedy and performance...
