Hallmark has been doing justice to Hanukkah romance movies in recent years. It all started with the 2022 delight that was “Hanukkah on Rye,” a deeply Jewish American tale of the two children of competing Jewish deli legacies falling in love. It continued in 2023 with the incredible time loop movie “Round and Round,” which […] The post Your Guide to Hallmark’s Hanukkah 2024 Movies appeared first on Kveller ..read more

The movie “Mary,” directed by D.J. Caruso (“Disturbia”), about Jesus’ mother is now out on Netflix, and its titular character is played by an Israeli actress, Noa Cohen. Mary Magdalene’s husband-to-be, Joseph, is also played by an Israeli actor, Ido Tako, while Anthony Hopkins plays the antagonistic King Herrod. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there has been a […] The post Netflix’s ‘Mary’ Stars Israeli Actors Noa Cohen and Ido Tako appeared first on Kveller ..read more

Hanukkah gifts came to me as a surprise. Not literal gifts, but the concept of them. When I first started celebrating the Jewish Festival of Lights with American Jews when I moved to the U.S. as an adult, I realized that they celebrated it quite differently from how I was used to celebrating it as […] The post Hanukkah ‘Advent’ Calendars Are Low-Key Genius appeared first on Kveller ..read more

Happy December! It’s Chrismukkah season and we have a lot of Hanukkah TV coming this month — a truly unprecedented amount, in my opinion. And while two of our favorite Israeli shows — “Tehran” and “Kugel” — are premiering new seasons, we might have to wait quite a while to see them stateside. In the […] The post All the Jewish TV to Stream In December 2024 appeared first on Kveller ..read more

Tonight, Meredith Marks of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” is becoming a bat mitzvah. Well, the ceremony itself took place months ago, but the 12th episode of the show’s fifth season airing tonight will let viewers witness the big day. The Jewish jewelry designer’s bat mitzvah was officiated by Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder (a […] The post What to Know About Jewish ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Star Meredith Marks appeared first on Kveller ..read more

This week, the hit Disney show “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” premiered its first Hanukkah episode, “Hanukkah Heist,” and it is a latke-filled delight. The episode is part of “Disney Jr.’s Magical Holidays” programming, and one of three new Hanukkah episodes the channel is premiering this holiday season. For those of you who aren’t […] The post Disney’s New Spider-Man Hanukkah Episode Is an Ode to Latkes appeared first on Kveller ..read more

Anyone dubbing “Wicked,” in any country, certainly was faced with an incredible challenge. The over three-hour movie, which tells only the first half of the story of the original Broadway musical, based on the book of the same name, is full of incredible vocal performances, especially from its two stars: Cynthia Erivo who plays future […] The post This Israeli Diva Voices Elphaba in the Hebrew ‘Wicked’ appeared first on Kveller ..read more

Do you have a synagogue sisterhood cookbook at home? Those magical spiral-bound treasure troves full of recipes and anecdotes about how to cook delicious Jewish dishes and how to keep a Jewish home? A sisterhood cookbook is more than just a guide for cooks, but a beautiful, spiral-bound artifact — oil-splattered and dog-eared from use […] The post Introducing ‘A Little Bit Schmaltzy,’ Kveller’s Community Cookbook appeared first on Kveller ..read more

When it comes to buying Hanukkah gifts, I’m sure you, like me, feel the lure of the affordability and convenience of big chains like Target and Amazon. But if we’re being honest, nothing compares to buying, and receiving, gifts from small businesses that craft unique handmade items, each infused with creativity and charm. And this […] The post This Online Shop Lets You Order Holiday Gifts From Israelis Who Need Support appeared first on Kveller ..read more

This piece originally ran on Jewish TV Club. Last month, we got a lot of really exciting Israeli TV news. The premiere of “Kugel,” the “Shtisel” prequel, was announced. So was the much-anticipated return of “Tehran,” the Apple TV+ and KAN collaboration about an Israeli spy in the Iranian city. And Lior Raz, who is […] The post ‘Tehran’ and ‘Fauda’ Are Coming Back in a Post-October 7 World appeared first on Kveller ..read more