(JTA) – Were Jews the “OG slaves”? Can American slavery be compared to the Holocaust? And who gets the last word on Louis Farrakhan?
These questions have spurred very serious debates over time — and now will be getting a raunchier take in the...
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published January 5, 2023
We’ve been hoping to see Michael Aloni in more English-language shows ever since he appeared in HBO’s “Scenes from a Marriage” — and our prayers, I’m happy to say, will soon be answered.
Aloni is about to star in a very Jewish Hulu...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 4, 2023
Ushering in a new year can be filled with excitement and anticipation as well as a feeling of renewal. It is with this spirit in mind that the Jewish Light is pleased to welcome a new digital columnist, Sheri Glantz. Glantz, 60, began writing "The Sunny...
BY MIYA LIBMAN, THE NOSHER
• Published January 4, 2023
Shalom! You’re looking at a hot little Jew.”
That’s how Zach Kornfeld of the Try Guys introduced his creation to a panel of judges on “Without a Recipe: Tacos,” one of the group’s most popular YouTube shows.
The Try Guys, made up of...
The New Jewish Theatre kicks off its 2023 season with the Neil Simon comedy Broadway Bound on January 19 – February 5.
It’s the third play in Simon’s “Brighton Beach trilogy,” and follows the trials and tribulations of the Jerome family,...
By Adam Kovac, The Forward
• Published January 3, 2023
Dry rubs called “Rabbi Rub” and “Jew Cub Rub” are getting a mixed reaction online. On Monday, a user posted a photo of the products on a store shelf to the r/Jewish subreddit. The rubs are made by Texas-based Smo’ Better Food.
The photo...
By Benjamin Ivry, The Forward
• Published January 2, 2023
Barbara Walters, who died Dec. 30, 2022, at the age of 93, has a secure place in history as the first Jewish co-host, as well as first female co-host, of an American TV news program.
The success that accompanied her through the decades in stints...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published January 2, 2023
The Jews were trending in 2022 in a way few could have predicted — but, I have to say, I came kinda close.
At the end of 2021, I guessed that in the new year, Adam Sandler would start a “shlubleisure” line. That may not have happened, but at...
(JNS) -- The Kennedy Center last week shared a memorable comedy routine from Sacha Baron Cohen, who revived his Borat character—a Kazakh “journalist” known for his absurd accent, signature suit, sexual improprieties and over-the-top satire on antisemitism.
On...
(New York Jewish Week) — The classic and very Jewish 1988 film “Crossing Delancey” is one of those movies that feels both extremely of its time and also completely timeless.
Director Joan Micklin Silver’s film has all the classic rom-com...
Before we turn the page on 2022, the St. Louis Jewish Light is looking back at the calendar year that was.
Here are the stories you read the most this year.
10. 5 things to know about Liev Schreiber’s ‘Ray Donovan’ movie (16,444)
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By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 22, 2022
I’ll be spending Christmas Eve with General Tso. It’s a dining tradition many of us in the Jewish community share, like latkes on Hanukkah and hamantashen on Purim. While our Christian friends and neighbors dream of sugar plum fairies this weekend,...
