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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Jewish Humor

‘All the cliches on the table’: Germany’s ‘Friday Night Jews’ talk show uses humor to familiarize Germans with Jewish culture

‘All the cliches on the table’: Germany’s ‘Friday Night Jews’ talk show uses humor to familiarize Germans with Jewish culture

Published August 11, 2021

BERLIN (JTA) — “Jude, Jude, Jude einfach nur ein Wort.”  The phrase — “Jew, Jew, Jew is just a word” — comes near the start of the opening rap theme song to the German talk show “Freitagnacht Jews” (“Friday Night Jews”), a state-sponsored...

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Jewish Or Not – Happy Birthday Edition: Mark Knopfler

Published August 11, 2021

It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do. So, to better answer the question...

The Marx Brothers’ movie that matters right now

The Marx Brothers’ movie that matters right now

Dan Epstein, ForwardPublished August 11, 2021

It’s August 14, 1971. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” by the Bee Gees is enjoying its second of four straight weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, “Klute” is the number one film at the U.S. box office, and tonight St. Louis Cardinals ace Bob...

Strawberry daiquiri? Pumpkin spice? We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to.

Strawberry daiquiri? Pumpkin spice? We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to.

Published August 11, 2021

This article first appeared on The Nosher. Hummus, a Middle Eastern chickpea and tahini dip, has been adopted and Americanized in every possible way in recent years. Americans haven’t just embraced hummus, they have found truly appalling ways...

Yiddish Wit: Ven ale mentshn...

Yiddish Wit: Ven ale mentshn…

Published August 10, 2021

YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...

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Jewish Or Not? Geraldo Rivera

Team JONJ, Jewornotjew.comPublished August 10, 2021

It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do. So, to better answer the question...

Buffa's Buffet: The funniest person in St. Louis, bullying in school, and beard talk

Buffa’s Buffet: The funniest person in St. Louis, bullying in school, and beard talk

Published August 10, 2021

Let's talk about Hampton Avenue. A few weeks ago, I spoke of the unhealthy roads that accompany my drives around town. Uneven concrete, mean potholes, and all-around bad roads. It's a "Mad Max" film to get home from the gym, which is only a mile or...

Zentralbild/Kohls/Leske.1.11.1960.XIV. Schacholympiade 1960 in Leipzig.Im Ringmessehaus in Leipzig wird vom 16.10. bis 9.11.1960 die XIV. Schacholympiade ausgetragen. Am 28.10.1960 begannen die Kämpfe der Finalrunde..UBz: UdSSR - USA: .Weltmeister Tal - Internationaler Großmeister Fischer

Jewish Or Not? Bobby Fischer

Published August 9, 2021

It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do. So, to better answer the question...

This Week's Jewish Trivia Quiz: Israel at the Olympics

This Week’s Jewish Trivia Quiz: Israel at the Olympics

Published August 9, 2021

The just-completed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games included, for the first time, an official memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Israel had her most successful Olympics participation with 90 athletes competing, a record...

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Jewish Or Not?: The Thing

TEAM JONJ, JEW OR NOT JEWPublished August 8, 2021

It’s a right of Jewish passage to wonder who out there in the world is Jewish too, especially famous people like actors, singers, athletes, and even social media stars and YouTubers. It’s just something we do. So, to better answer the question...

Remembering Jackie Mason doing Ed Sullivan on The Ed Sullivan Show

Remembering Jackie Mason doing Ed Sullivan on The Ed Sullivan Show

Jordan PalmerPublished August 5, 2021

Each week The St. Louis Jewish Light celebrates a Jewish comedian. Today, we're remembering Jackie Mason, who died last month at 93. His comedy, delivered in a distinctive cadence inflected with the Yiddish of his childhood on the Lower East Side of...

Here’s your Jewish joke of the week

Here’s your Jewish joke of the week

Published August 4, 2021

Because we all need to laugh more,  The St. Louis Jewish Light brings you The Jewish Joke Of The Week. If you have a joke you would like to share, please email [email protected].

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