By Adam Kovac, The Forward
• Published February 15, 2023
The truth about David Duchovny’s very Yiddish background is out there.
On Tuesday, the X-Files actor sat down to learn more about his ancestry on the PBS program Finding Your Roots. While Duchovny’s Jewish history is no secret, the show took a...
TAIPEI (JTA) — Ho Feng-Shan, the Chinese diplomat stationed in Vienna who helped thousands of Jews escape from Europe during World War II, never met Adolf Eichmann.
But in “Night Angels,” a novel based on his life, Feng-Shan comes face to face...
Admit it, you watched episode after episode of Emily in Paris on Netflix and found yourself quite fixated by the American marketing exec with the increasingly audacious outfits.
Israeli fine jewelry designer Leehe Segal confesses she also indulged...
Jewish News Service, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published February 13, 2023
(JNS) Los Angeles-based nonprofit, If You Heard What I Heard, is proud to announce the release of Josh Gad’s interview as part of its digital storytelling collection to preserve Holocaust memory and make it relatable for today. Gad’s interview is...
Esther D. Kustanowitz and Erin Ben-Moche, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published February 10, 2023
This article first appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California
One of the first scenes of “You People,” the controversial new Netflix rom-com about a white Jewish-Black Muslim couple, takes place during Yom Kippur services. In the scene,...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published February 10, 2023
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr would have felt right at home in the multipurpose room of the Mirowitz Center on a recent afternoon, Jan. 24. For one thing, the surviving two members of the Beatles would have been surrounded by their fans. McCartney, 80,...
Jordan Palmer and Jaime Geller
• Published February 9, 2023
Jamie Geller influences millions every day. Known as the “Jewish Rachael Ray” (The New York Times), and the “Queen of Kosher” (CBS) 7-time best-selling author Jamie Geller is the Founder and CEO of Kosher Network international (KNi), the #1...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published February 9, 2023
(JTA) — Songwriter Burt Bacharach, who with his longtime lyricist Hal David turned out a string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s — including “Alfie” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” — died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles....
Amy Fenster, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published February 9, 2023
You darling readers have given me some wonderful feedback on this column, and I appreciate it. I especially love when you think I’m funny. Actually, I think my friends are way funnier than me. So I thought I’d share a couple of their stories to prove...
Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 9, 2023
The perhaps unlikely combination of a Jewish Israeli director adapting a Palestinian Israeli’s bestselling novel yielded a film so good that it was named best picture (and won other awards) at the 2021 Ophir Awards (the Israeli Oscars) and became Israel’s...
Recently, I brought my 11-year-old daughter with me along with community rabbis, reverends, members of PROMO (which advocates for LGBTQ rights) and allies of all ages to testify in Jefferson City against Senate Bill 42.
This bill would cause insurmountable...
J Associates will hold its third annual Fabulous Feud Live fundraiser on Saturday, March 4 at the Pageant. In the same spirit as the popular television game show “Family Feud,” Fabulous Feud Live features families from the community who will team...
