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Jewish Pop Culture

Taylor Swift in 2019.  Photo: © Glenn Francis,www.PacificProDigital.com/CREATIVE COMMONS and  Travis Kelce in 2021.  Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA/CREATIVE COMMONS

Look what Taylor made me do: Watch football

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 5, 2023

I cannot stop watching football lately, but it’s only for one reason. Taylor Swift and her new boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.  My husband recently overheard me playing a game clip on the computer and said, “Are we watching football...

Tsutomu Shimura, better konwn as the rapper Lyrics Born, launched his cooking show "Dinner In Place" in 2020. (Photo/Courtesy)

‘Jewpanese’ rapper has a new hit — an online cooking show

BY ANDREW ESENSTENPublished October 4, 2023

This story was originally published by J. The Jewish News of Northern California As he mixed matzah ball ingredients in a bowl during a recent episode of his online cooking show, Tsutomu Shimura reminisced about his bubbe. “I grew up going to...

"You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah."

Hollywood urged to break stereotypes, create more diverse Jewish characters

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished October 3, 2023

(JTA) – As the WGA, the screenwriters’ union in Hollywood, returns to work following a five-month strike, the authors of a new analysis of Jewish representation have a message for its members: The world needs more Jewish characters who aren’t rich. Portrayals...

Saint Louis Fashion Fund Anniversary

St. Louis Fashion Fund celebrating a decade of style and impact

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished October 1, 2023

If anyone doubts St. Louis’ claim as a fashion-forward city, they haven’t met Susan Sherman or discovered the St. Louis Fashion Fund. Co-founded by Sherman in May of 2014, the St. Louis Fashion Fund (SLFF) plans to celebrate its 10th anniversary...

St. Louisan Jessica Radloff's 'The Big Bang Theory' book coming soon in paperback

St. Louisan Jessica Radloff’s ‘The Big Bang Theory’ book coming soon in paperback

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 27, 2023

One year after her first book was released, St. Louis native Jessica Radloff's "The Big Bang Theory. The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series" is coming out in paperback with additional pages and content not seen in the hardback. Radloff,...

Jonathan Biss

Jewish “Beethoven specialist” coming to St. Louis for special show

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 26, 2023

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will mark the second weekend of its 2023 season (Sept. 29-30) with concerts honoring composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The concerts will feature world-renowned pianist Jonathan Biss. You might not expect that a pianist...

The "Jewish Ed Sheeran" returning to St. Louis

The “Jewish Ed Sheeran” returning to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 21, 2023

It's only been a week since Noah Kahan wowed audiences at the Saint Louis Music Park and now he's already making plans to return, but this time at an even bigger venue. On Thursday, Kahan, known worldwide as the "Jewish Ed Sheeran" announced on Instagram...

Adam Pascal

One-on-one with Jewish Broadway star Adam Pascal before he returns to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 19, 2023

I'm not going to lie, I spent all day fan-guy’ing over Adam Pascal before interviewing him.  Pascal is one of Broadway’s biggest stars and a proud member of the Jewish community. He played the original Roger Davis in the smash hit “Rent” and...

Classic macaroni-and-cheese. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish movie star’s mac-and-cheese biz gets big investment

Published September 19, 2023

(JNS) Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress who became world-famous playing “Wonder Woman,” said she “didn’t want to do the obvious” when it came to investing her newly acquired wealth. But she could do something a little cheesy. To that end, she...

Mark Margolis was part of a long tradition of Jewish actors playing memorable villains.

The best villains played by Jewish actors

Eric SchulmillerPublished September 15, 2023

(JTA) — The film and TV world recently lost two Jewish actors who were not household names but were acclaimed for a pair of signature villainous roles. Last month, Mark Margolis passed away following a career on stage and screen that spanned over...

The Thing, Peter Parker and Miles Morales in “An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah.”

Spider-Man is about to dip apples in honey with The Thing

By PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished September 14, 2023

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can. Can he hang with the Jews? L’Shana Tovah tikatevu!  In a new special, “An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah,” Peter Parker and Miles Morales, two of the wall-crawlers who, in Disney Junior’s...

Jewish actor and comedian Andy Samberg, left, portrays World War II photographer David E. Scherman, right in the biographical film "Lee.

Andy Samberg plays a famous Jewish WWII photographer in upcoming biopic

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished September 12, 2023

(JTA) — A historic wartime photography partnership from the 1940s — often credited as the first to capture many of the horrors of the Holocaust — is getting the Hollywood treatment. Kate Winslet stars in “Lee” as model-turned-wartime-photojournalist...

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