In the past, Hey Alma’s Hanukkah merch drop has had serious Hanukkah vibes and been perfect for all the Hanukkuties and Macababies out there. This year, we’ve decided to go all out. For Hey Alma’s 2024 Hanukkah merch drop, we’re releasing SEVEN new designs (which come in t-shirt and sweatshirt form) for the Festival of […] The post 13 Hanukkah Sweatshirts and T-Shirts You Should Buy Right Now appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

They tried to kill us, we survived, Adam Brody eats. Just yesterday, UK magazine The Stylist announced everyone’s favorite TV hot rabbi as their December cover model. In the interview, Adam revealed that food is “a huge part” of Jewish culture to him, particularly latkes and bagels. “I was raised on bagels – I worked […] The post Adam Brody Is Perfect. His Bagel Order Is Not. appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

Editorial note: Spoilers ahead for “Wicked.” To quote the Broadway smash-hit musical “Wicked“: What is this feeling, so sudden and new? Could it be the supreme catharsis and joy that “Wicked, Part I” is out in the world? Yes. Yes it is. A Humble Request: Hey Alma's content is free because we believe everybody deserves […] The post Is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’ Jewish? appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

In the 2018 Hanukkah episode of “Hack into Broad City,” Ilana gifts Abbi a massive, multi-pronged and fully censored vibrator. (Or at least, one assumes it’s a vibrator.) “Do you love it?!” Ilana screeches, while Abbi stares at the avant-garde sex toy, perplexed. It’s a perfectly “Broad City” moment. In reality, however, Abbi Jacobson has […] The post ‘Broad City’ Star Abbi Jacobson Reveals What She Got for Hanukkah as a Kid appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

Last year, the Hey Alma Hanukkah Movie Pitch Challenge almost didn’t happen. Still so close to the horrors of Oct. 7 and grappling with its aftermath, the team here at Hey Alma was unsure whether or not our upbeat Hanukkah movie celebration would feel inappropriate. We ultimately decided that we needed the movie pitch challenge […] The post Announcing Hey Alma’s Sixth Annual Hanukkah Movie Pitch Challenge appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy managing editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here. Hey, Hey Alma, I’m so angry, and I need someone to validate how I’m feeling! For the past six years, my friends and […] The post My Friend’s Kosher Girlfriend Is Ruining Thanksgiving appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

Picture this: I’m walking along the tropical streets of Koh Phangan, the Thai island I’ve called home for more than a year now. The salty sea air mingles with the aroma of falafel, and I overhear a group casually chatting in Hebrew. It’s so common here that Hebrew could almost pass for the island’s unofficial […] The post This Thai Island Has Become an Unexpected Backdrop for My Jewish Identity appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

For people who think Hanukkah is just Jewish Christmas: Congratulations! Hanukkah and Christmas are actually coinciding this year. The Festival of Lights for 5785 starts on the evening of Dec. 25, 2024 and ends on the evening of Jan. 1, 2025. This means that we Jews have exactly one month to get all of our […] The post The 2024 Ultimate Hanukkah Gift Guide for Everyone in Your Life appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

1970s New York City. Dell Williams, a 50-something-year-old advertising professional and former Women’s Army Corp member, walked into Macy’s. She was there for something specific: a Hitachi magic wand, which she had recently learned about in a workshop on women’s pleasure. After a disastrously awkward interaction with a pimply young sales clerk, Williams decided there […] The post The Jewish History of Sex Shops appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more

29-year-old actress and comedian Rachel Sennott has played a few Jewish roles in her career thus far. Most notably, she collaborated with Jewish filmmaker (and her college BFF) Emma Seligman on “Shiva Baby.” In the 2018 short film and subsequent 2020 hit feature film, Sennott plays Danielle, a young bisexual Jewish woman who runs into […] The post Is “Shiva Baby” Actress Rachel Sennott Jewish? appeared first on Hey Alma ..read more