(JTA) – The acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy is known for his haunting, apocalyptic depictions of the American South and West. But in his new books, McCarthy is exploring different soil: the American Jewish experience.
A pair of new McCarthy novels,...
Joshua Marks, Israel21c.org
• Published October 27, 2022
Israel is a global video game powerhouse experiencing rapid growth and the potential to grab an even greater market share with the right incentives in place.
Those are the conclusions of a recent report from the global consulting firm Deloitte and...
From Israel’s #1 comedy to a kosher mystery-thriller: here are the five best
Israeli TV series streaming right now on ChaiFlicks. Yes, all with English subtitles for the
non-Hebrew speakers among us.
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 27, 2022
Dear Reader,
I'm a true sucker for a great love story and I'm a firm believer in the concept of beshert, the Yiddish word that means “destined” or “fated.” It can be used to describe all kinds of lucky or fortuitous situations, not just romantic...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 27, 2022
Two Jewish entrepreneurs from Illinois who are the clever minds behind the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, are now ready to immortalize a St. Louis icon with its own bobblehead.
To celebrate the 57th anniversary of the completion of the...
(JTA) — After a years-long battle to reacquire two paintings the Nazis stole from their ancestor before he became one of their early victims, the descendants of Austrian Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum will auction the Egon Schiele works off...
MIMI DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 26, 2022
As a certified mikvah mentor, I hear married Jewish women hesitate about going to the mikvah for a variety of reasons. Many of these reasons are actually based on misconceptions about the mitzvah of mikvah, and I think it is time to publicly clear...
(JTA) – Trish Adlesic was visiting her father in Pittsburgh on the day a gunman walked into the city’s Tree of Life synagogue building and murdered 11 people.
Almost immediately, the director started filming her surroundings with the aim of producing...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 26, 2022
What was so special about Helen Rosenthal’s matzoh ball soup?
“Nothing,” her son Phil says.
In the second season of “Somebody Feed Phil,” Rosenthal’s Netflix show, he featured the dish in the New York City episode. In an interview from...
