Hanukkah is probably the most fun holiday the Jewish calendar has to offer. And for good reason, too. Not only is it a beautiful festival of light, but it involves plenty of fried goodness, chocolates, gifts, family and friends. Still not convinced? Scroll...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 13, 2022
As visitors wind through the new 4,500-square-foot exhibit, “Vietnam: At War & At Home,” they may stop at a small, encased display focusing on the United States Air Force. Included in this display are a Distinguished Flying Cross medal set and...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 13, 2022
The Brothers Lazaroff, Rabbi James Stone Goodman and the Eight Nights Orchestra took the stage at the Grandel Theatre Dec. 3 for the 12th annual Hanukkah Hullaballoo concert.
Proceeds from this year’s event go to the Jewish Community Center in...
Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published December 13, 2022
Amy Schumer may be funny, but she definitely doesn’t use humor to hide her real-life struggles. In fact, the comedian and actress use her huge platform (10.9 million followers on Instagram!) to raise awareness about everything from IVF to hyperemesis...
By Alan Zeitlin, JNS
• Published December 12, 2022
(JNS) Growing up in New York state, Freddie Feldman never made a challah. But the Skokie, Ill., resident is on a hot streak, having made a challah or matzah every Friday for the past 138 weeks. And he isn’t cooking up any regular kind.
The 48-year-old,...
BY ELLEN HARRIS, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 12, 2022
Is there anything better on chilly, dark winter days than cozying up with a mug of steaming hot chocolate and a good book?
The Jewish authors of these five memoirs are introspective and candid. Two tell of guilt and shame. Two take us along their journeys...
Editor’s note: Amy Fenster Brown was part of the Light’s 2015 Class of Unsung Heroes because of her outstanding volunteer contributions. Here, she writes about what she knows, though she isn’t one to tout her many achievements.
It’s our favorite...
Shaanan Streett, one-sixth of the Israeli hip-hop/funk group Hadag Nahash, says that it’s all well and good for musicians to advocate for social-justice causes, but that doesn’t mean the music can’t also be fun. Streett seems to have accomplished...
For an American Jewish comedian, Tehran Von Ghasri has an interesting story to tell, as his name suggests. The son of an Iranian-Jewish immigrant father and an African-American mother, Tehran’s heritage includes a mix of Jewish, Christian, Muslim and...
(JTA) — Before becoming one of the most iconic vocal performers of her time, appearing in Broadway shows such as “Rent” and “Wicked” and voicing Queen Elsa in “Frozen,” Idina Menzel got her start singing as a teenager on the wedding and...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 8, 2022
Just months after releasing its "gefilte dogs" for July 4th, our good friends at Manischewitz are at it again this holiday season, launching a brand-new product that will forever change Hanukkah for the better. Introducing Manischewitz Crypto Gelt: the...
(JNS) When Netflix debuted “My Unorthodox Life,” a reality television show about Julia Haart, who decided to leave Monsey, N.Y., and Orthodoxy, many were understandably offended by her use of the word “fundamentalist” to describe people from the...
