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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Joan Rivers, the ultimate Jewish woman, taught us how to take back our power

Joan Rivers, the ultimate Jewish woman, taught us how to take back our power

Carly Pildis, ForwardPublished October 9, 2021

What does the Jewish mother make for dinner? Reservations. And what did the server ask her table? Nothing; they never let a man finish a sentence. This was the image of the Jewish American woman when men were the only ones telling the jokes. She...

Joan Rivers, seen here speaking at a party in New York in 2010,
told an Australian newspaper that she has undergone 739 plastic
surgery procedures.

Sandler and Samberg on Fallon, Joan Rivers’ plastic surgery ‘700 club,’ Oprah’s Chasidim show

By JTA Staff, 6nobacon.comPublished February 7, 2012

NEW YORK -- The post-Super Bowl “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” featured Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg. Both have SNL under their belts (Fallon does too), both are very Jewish and, according to Sandler, they both have a pretty similar name -- which...

Ben Stiller, seen here at the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards, is
set to produce, direct and star in a new HBO show about a Jewish
family from Washington.

Stiller’s new HBO show, Handler-Rivers scuffle, Drescher’s close encounter

JTA Staff, 6NoBacon.comPublished January 31, 2012

NEW YORK -- Ben Stiller reportedly has signed on to work with the cable giant HBO to produce, direct and star in a new show called “All Talk” and written by Jonathan Safran Foer. The show revolves around a Jewish family living in Washington and...

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