Every time I add a new item to my wardrobe, I give something away. Except for the little black dresses. I started buying them in my 20s and haven’t stopped; I can’t seem to part with them or the memories they carry. Weddings. Bar and bat mitzvahs....
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 3, 2022
Jennifer Silverberg is one of the premier food photographers in the United States. The Jewish St. Louisan won first place in the national American Photographic Artists food photography competition last year. She was also named one of Lurzer's Archive...
CATHLEEN KRONEMER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 3, 2022
Tu B'Av, a relatively minor Jewish holiday, finds a place in modern Israel as a holiday of love.
Considered a romantic Jewish holiday, even secular observers see Tu B’Av as the Jewish equivalent of Valentine’s Day. Couples often plan their weddings,...
By Curt Schleier, The Forward
• Published August 2, 2022
Actress Selma Blair’s new autobiography, “Mean Baby” is a brutally honest, sometimes perplexing, account of a difficult life that included a strong Jewish upbringing.
Born in Southfield, Michigan, to a Christian mother and Jewish father, Blair...
Jacob Henry, New York Jewish Week
• Published August 2, 2022
(New York Jewish Week) — Daniel Kalban is a 35-year-old law firm assistant who lives in Flatbush, Brooklyn. But when he’s not working his day job, he moonlights as a comic book writer, in a sort of double-life scenario that’s reminiscent of the...
BERLIN (JTA) — The German research institute that published an annotated scholarly version of “Mein Kampf,” which sold tens of thousands of copies and drew criticism from Jewish leaders on its release in 2016, has put a free and searchable version...
Cate Marquis, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published July 29, 2022
Leonard Cohen the artist has long been hailed as a musical giant, but the man has been something of a mystery. The Jewish singer/ songwriter’s most famous composition, “Hallelujah,” started out as a sacred song about King David but became a pop...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published July 28, 2022
Jordan Peele’s “Nope” is an immensely entertaining meditation on how filmmaking affects both subject and viewer. Depicting an extraterrestrial standoff in the desert of California, it is also about humanity’s relationship with animals, the...
(New York Jewish Week) — In January a young bluegrass guitar player in Appalachia emailed Andy Statman out of the blue, expressing admiration for the work of the 71-year-old Brooklyn klezmer musician. Neither of them had any idea at the time that the...
(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step.
Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday with a video, singing a lick from the classic tune “That’s...
By Jim Sullivan, The Forward
• Published July 26, 2022
Though some young rock fans might question Rogers Waters’ relevance in the 21st century, his presence on the American musical landscape this summer has been undeniable and inescapable.
The former Pink Floyd singer-songwriter-bassist is on the...
By Benjamin Ivry, The Forward
• Published July 26, 2022
The English actor David Warner, who died July 24 at age 80, proved that Jewish family tsuris can inadvertently serve as inspiration for a stellar performance career.
Warner played screen villains in “The Omen,” “Time Bandits,” “Titanic,”...
