(JTA) — As Kanye West extended his antisemitic spree by tweeting about Jewish agents in Hollywood, the rocker John Mellencamp took the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and said this about his longtime lawyer: “Allen is Jewish.”
The line...
Caleb Guedes-Reed, JTA
• Published November 4, 2022
(JTA) — “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” isn’t just the name of a track on Taylor Swift’s newest album — the phrase describes the way many of the pop star’s Jewish fans were feeling after she released the dates for her upcoming tour.
This...
Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 4, 2022
In "Remember This," Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn gives a brilliant, tour-de-force performance as Jan Karski, a heroic Polish diplomat, soldier and Resistance fighter who was smuggled out of war-torn Europe to deliver the first eye-witness report...
Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 3, 2022
“Armageddon Time” is a family drama about a Jewish boy in Queens, New York in 1980. Writer/director James Gray's semi-autobiographical drama is set at a pivotal moment for the boy, as the moral guidance of his beloved grandfather contrasts with the...
A disoriented teenage girl lies on Anne Frank’s bed as people swarm the family house. But these people are not Nazis; they’re modern-day tourists. And the girl on the bed isn’t Anne, but Kitty — the imaginary friend to whom she addressed her now...
Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 2, 2022
After two years as a virtual event, the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival returns to an in-person format this year. The festival, set for Nov. 6-13, will feature authors and panel discussions on wide-ranging subjects, from cooking to true crime, history...
(JTA) — The London-based theater group behind a Romeo and Juliet-inspired Nazi-Jewish love story has canceled the play after receiving an onslaught of criticism related to the story’s premise and a botched casting call.
The Icarus Theatre Collective,...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published November 1, 2022
The desire to own fewer things in our lives can be seen with the current decline in luxury spending or spending in general, and the cult success of listening to the decluttering superstar author Marie Kondo.
Whether we buy fewer possessions or just...
(JTA) – In the first 10 minutes of the new film “Tár,” a conductor played by Cate Blanchett discusses the Hebrew concepts of “teshuvah” and “kavanah,” along with her affinity for Leonard Bernstein — all while being interviewed by the...
(JTA) — Simon Vozick-Levinson has followed Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, for his entire career. He became a fan after hearing the rapper’s first mixtape around 2002, then played his debut album, “The College Dropout,” on repeat...
