Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 22, 2021
Gary and Alana are the best friends who constantly flirt with the idea of being something more. Like a future couple having to get to know each other first in relationship customs, they are oddball personalities that somehow sync up every time they are...
(JTA) — It was an unusual Academy Awards in several ways.
Forced to adapt to social distancing protocols, the ceremony was split into different venues but mostly took place in Los Angeles’ Union Station. For only the second time in history,...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 23, 2021
The year 1986 was not only a very good year at the movies, it also was a very good year for Jewish talent in the movies. Both the Best Actor and Best Actress awards went to Jewish people on that fateful Oscar night.
Paul Newman took home the coveted...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 22, 2021
The year 1929 may be known to many as the year the Great Depression settled in but for Jewish movie fans, it represents the first breakthrough. Norma Shearer won the Best Actress Oscar for "The Divorcee" that year. Six years later, Paul Muni would become...
Jordan Palmer, Director of Digital Communications
• Published April 20, 2021
Jack Black has always been that one actor you hoped was Jewish, wished he was Jewish, and then when you learned that he really was, you couldn't believe he was Jewish.
This week, the 51-year-old actor and musician began trending on Twitter, and we...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 19, 2021
From his early roots in the cult TV show “Freaks and Geeks,” James Franco had the making of a star. Not only is he a deft actor, but he also has a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and two masters of fine art degrees, from Columbia University and...
