Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 3, 2022
Dear Reader,
I'm going to be that dad. Yes, that dad that no matter how much my daughter begs me to stop doing something that embarrasses her, I won't. I just won't, and here's why:
The great make-believe comedy writer Benjy Stone said it best,...
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published October 3, 2022
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is coming up on the evening of October 4, 2023. If Yom Kippur feels extra heavy for you this year, we’ve got some good news: Emmy-nominated actress, neuroscientist, and Jewish mama Mayim Bialik is here to bring...
"Try before you buy." This is a smart tactic not just for investing in stuff but when considering a new relationship, romantic or platonic.
When you meet someone for the first time, how do you dig deeper to break the ice and find out more personal...
By Evelyn Frick, Hey Alma!
• Published September 22, 2022
After the success of Nick Kroll’s “Big Mouth,” its spinoff show “Human Resources,” “The Oh, Hello Show” with John Mulaney and his most recent project, getting kissed on the mouth by Harry Styles, it can be hard to remember that Kroll...
(JTA) — In 2008, Adam Sandler gave Hollywood one of its most memorable Israeli characters ever: the Zohan, an Israeli Defense Forces operative with superhuman abilities who leaves the anti-terrorism grind to become a hairdresser in New York. “You...
By ELI GOTTLIEB, JTA
• Published September 21, 2022
(JTA) — “Hey Allies: Please don’t schedule meetings or events on the Jewish holidays!” So says a meme that has circulated widely before about the dates for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
Seems like a pretty harmless and...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 19, 2022
In Monday's Morning Light email, I opened my heart and my belly to you all, admitting that I'm just not into this whole honey cake phenomenon. Many of you have sent in messages of support. One reader, Rivka Dushoff-Tobin, who is the proud grandmother...
“Your dog is turning 13? You have to throw him a bark mitzvah!”
With the frequency of this exclamation, I had assumed there would be online how-to guides aplenty. And there certainly is delightful content for canine party games and plushie...
AMY FENSTER, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published September 9, 2022
When you think of a wholesome family vacation Las Vegas probably doesn’t top the list. So that’s exactly why we went there. Jeff loves Vegas, but Davis, Leo and I had never been. With two teenage boys, Sin City sounded like a good option. (Mother...
Michael Barrie, The Forward
• Published September 8, 2022
You hear the name Duke in Hollywood and you picture a mountain of a man in a weathered Stetson firing his Colt from a speedy horse. Well, this isn’t about him. It’s about another Hollywood Duke — a short Jew in a fedora firing expletives from his...
(New York Jewish Week) – At 68 years old, Jerry Seinfeld has become the newest face of the streetwear brand Kith.
The comedian and New Yorker, whose last fashion statement may well have been the “puffy shirt” he wore on a 1993 episode of “Seinfeld,”...
