By Julia Gergely, JTA
• Published October 19, 2022
(New York Jewish Week) – Two Jewish housewives will join the cast of “The Real Housewives of New York” for its 14th season.
Among the new cast members is Jewish internet influencer and social media activist Lizzy Savetsky, 37. Originally from...
By DAVID RULLO, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 19, 2022
Filmmaker Trish Adlesic’s “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” is a deeply personal portrait of those who survived the horror of the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre.
Told through first-person accounts, the film documents the violence and...
(October 19, 2022 / JNS) After sparking outrage following multiple anti-Semitic outbursts, Kanye West clashed with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo when the musician continued to double down on his comments.
In an interview Monday, West, who now goes...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 19, 2022
St. Louis native Rick Stack, a 2021 inductee into the University City High School Hall of Fame, will participate in an online discussion on Oct. 19 following a screening of a film he co-produced, “In the Executioner’s Shadow,” which explores justice,...
The New Jewish Theatre is pleased to announce its 2023 season, which is also its 25th season of producing professional plays and musicals at the J. The season celebrates some of the New Jewish Theatre’s most beloved playwrights, productions and actors,...
By DAVID BRINN, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published October 17, 2022
A Grateful Dead tribute band, featuring St. Louisan Robert Koritz on drums, with help from its merry flock of followers – faithfully recreates the 50th anniversary of a legendary 1972 tour of Europe.
(New York Jewish Week) — “Saturday Night Live” has a new Chuck Schumer: cast member and Jewish comedian Sarah Sherman.
The native of a “really Jewish Long Island” played the New York Democrat and Senate majority leader in last night’s cold...
Judy Lash Balint, JNS
• Published October 13, 2022
(JNS) Contemporary art might not be the first thing on the minds of visitors to the remnants of ancient Jerusalem, but this Sukkot a ground-breaking exhibit brought art and archaeology together 20 feet under the Western Wall.
“Arteology: The Power...
(JNS) In an interview with the New York Post’s Page Six on Wednesday, rapper Kanye West made it clear that he has no reservations about his recent anti-Semitic statements and social media posts.
“Hey, if you call somebody out for bad business,...
