DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published July 9, 2021
Some television shows manage to climb over the rigorous test of time. "Red Oaks" is one of those shows, a slipped-under-the-cracks-of-our-attention Amazon Prime show that debuted back in 2014 and ran for three seasons.
True story. I only ran across...
Whether your summer plans involve a trip to the beach, hanging out by the pool at home or the JCC, or just lounging on the most comfortable couch in your house, chances are you will do some reading this summer.
This week, the JCC's Director of Literary...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Joshua Henkin’s fourth novel, “Morningside Heights,” is the story of many things: a marriage, a changing neighborhood in New York City, an incurable illness, and love and families.
The plot centers on Pru, who...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 9, 2021
Retired St. Louis photographer David Henschel is no stranger to longtime readers of the Jewish Light.
From 1968 until his retirement In 2000, Henschel was among a group of local photographers for the Jewish Light, the Jewish Community Center and...
ESTHER D. KUSTANOWITZ, THE JEWISH NEWS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
• Published July 9, 2021
The Jewish community has obsessed over the slow-toned narrative beats of haredi life on “Shtisel,” and criticized the escape-from-ultra-Orthodox-Brooklyn plotline of “Unorthodox.”
At the same time, the unscripted/reality show trend continues...
Mazel tov to Scarlett Johansson, Jewish mom and actress who is reportedly pregnant with her second child!
According to PageSix, “multiple sources” have confirmed that Johansson is expecting a baby with her husband, Colin Jost. “Scarlett is pregnant...
If you have had trouble getting tickets to see what’s being billed as “the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the history of Auschwitz and its role in the Holocaust ever presented in North America," you're not alone. But now, you may be in...
Ayden Nelson Takes National Title of Top Enterainer
The real-life world of competitive dance is something not all of us experience first hand. You may have seen shows such as "World Of Dance," "So You Think You Can Dance," on network television and...
From Groucho Marx and 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...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published July 8, 2021
July 8, 1989 — Judo Champ Yarden Gerbi Is Born
Judo champion Yarden Gerbi is born in Kfar Saba. Gerbi wins eight national championships in her career and rises to the top of the world rankings in May 2013. She defeats European champion Clarisse Agbegnenou...
GABRIEL GRESCHLER, THE JEWISH NEWS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
• Published July 8, 2021
Police in the small Northern California city of Ukiah are investigating as possible hate crimes the defacement of two public artworks with swastikas and SS bolts. Both were in the downtown area.
One of the artworks vandalized is by Jewish mosaic artist...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published July 8, 2021
How do 150,000 stretchy rubber bands depict the healing process of damaged neurons? How do 16 electric violin players pinpoint the moment that synchrony transitions to chaos?
These and other works at Israel’s newest museum are brilliant experiments...
