(JTA) — The Detroit Pistons wished Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving a happy Hanukkah Sunday night, the first night of the holiday.
The Pistons appeared to be trolling Irving, who recently shared an antisemitic film on Twitter and initially refused...
By Alan Zeitlin, JNS
• Published December 20, 2022
(JNS) A Tel Aviv LEGO store has secured what is believed to be the largest-ever LEGO menorah.
Located in the Dizengoff Center, LEGO Store Tel Aviv in July became the first official LEGO store to open in Israel. The store commissioned expert LEGO artist...
JACKIE HAJDENBERG, JTA
• Published December 19, 2022
(JTA) — Just a few years into her comedy career, Lisa Geduldig was invited to perform standup at the Peking Garden Club near Northampton, Massachusetts. She went to the gig assuming it was a comedy club.
It wasn’t.
“I just had the most ironic...
Evelyn Frick, Hey Alma
• Published December 19, 2022
As a Jew who grew up in an interfaith Jewish-Christian household, I have seen surprisingly few Christmas movies. Every year on Thanksgiving, my family watches “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “The Grinch” (the original), and for the past 24 years...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 18, 2022
The Brothers Lazaroff hope the experience that is their annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo concert is one fans will continue to enjoy now Hanukkah is underway.
"Got a little Hanukkah treat we wanted to share before we hibernate for a bit," wrote brothers Jeff...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 18, 2022
Sometimes the real story gets buried. On Saturday, “NBC News” aired a story on King Charles' first 100 days, which included the news-making rift between his son Harry, his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle and the rest of the royal family. But what should...
By Alan Zeitlin, JNS
• Published December 18, 2022
(JNS) Three Hanukkah music videos have been released that are bound to get people’s attention. All three explicitly or implicitly reference the rise in antisemitism.
The first is from rapper Nissim Black, who now lives in Israel. The video for...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 15, 2022
“Jews are ready/Doughnuts with jelly" is the opening line from Jewish a cappella greats Six13 newest release for Hanukkah, and it literally made me, as the kids like to say, lol (laugh out loud).
"You don't have to be a #LatkeMan to join in -- just...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 15, 2022
It’s no secret that St. Louis is and has always been a great sports city. For more than a century the Gateway City has been a hotbed of professional and amateur sports with a diverse history and an evolving legacy of success.
In "St. Louis Sports...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 15, 2022
Hanukkah storytelling returned to the Schnucks Ladue Crossing shopping center on Dec. 14 after a two-year COVID hiatus.
A large gathering heard the Hanukkah story and songs from Rabbi Schmuel Miller, head of school at H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy, with...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 14, 2022
In an interview, last week with a New York radio station, Jewish comedy legend Adam Sandler said he recently showed his daughters the spot on 56th and Broadway where he stood in front of a diner and first had the idea for what would become his famous...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 14, 2022
Think of it as eight crazy nights of Hanukkah all wrapped into one! Jewish comedy legend Adam Sandler is coming to St. Louis in early 2023, for one night only. On Wednesday, Sandler announced he's extending his current comedy tour to 11 new cities,...
