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December 3, 2018By Helen Ehrlich
The holiday season is upon us, and for Jewish Americans, it’s time for Hanukkah! Many Jews find that the Festival of Lights also comes with many questions from well-meaning goyim* who want to know more about Hanukkah. Well look no further gentiles, I have your answers right here. The Story Long ago, Israel was controlled
November 20, 2018By Anjali Aralikar
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for the T.V show “The Good Place.” If you were concerned because you didn’t see a review for the last episode, don’t worry! In my honest opinion, you really weren’t missing much. It was a dull and calm transition between two major plot arcs. The only important tidbits in
November 13, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from the Season 1 Finale Episode of YOU. In the season finale of You, Joe really proves to us how far he’ll go for what he calls “love”. At the end of last week’s episode, Beck was left in the infamous cage in the basement of Joe’s bookstore where an
November 4, 2018By Helen Ehrlich
Tik Tok is an app where people can post quick videos of lip-syncing, dancing, and their own audio. Tik Tok launched in China in 2016, and by 2018 it was one of the most downloaded apps in all of the IOS app store. In August of 2018, the app Musical.ly, which was very popular in
November 4, 2018By Anna Robinson
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Season 5 Episode 6 of How To Get Away With Murder. This week’s episode was one of the classic How To Get Away With Murder episodes that make you want to throw your remote at the TV and wonder how such analytical and smart characters could make such frustrating
November 4, 2018By Victoria Zarate
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from ABC’s Medical Drama, Grey’s Anatomy’s Season 15 Episode 6. Last week on Grey’s our hearts were warmed by seeing all of the characters coming together to help each other. Let’s see if we’ll see the same or drama will ensue this week. We start off the episode with
November 2, 2018By Helen Ehrlich
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most famous children’s books of all time and has undergone two film adaptations; the beloved Gene Wilder edition (1971), and the more chilling Johnny Depp, “Willy Wonka” (2005). With a third “Willy Wonka” reboot in the works, there is only one way to honor Dahl’s original
October 17, 2018By Nadia Bey
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for the pilot episode of Charmed. Charmed, the reboot of the WB series that ran from 1998 to 2006, aired its first episode on Sunday, October 14th on The CW. As with any reboot, there are mixed opinions about the quality of the show and its perceived proximity to the original
October 16, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Season 1 Episode 6 of YOU. It may seem like crime only happens in cities like New York, but this episode of You proves that real misdemeanours occur where no one is watching. Proving she can be even more high maintenance than we thought, Peach whisks Beck off
October 16, 2018By Madyson Fitzgerald
Charcoal may be the latest health trend, but what really is it? And more importantly, is it healthy? All year, charcoal has been jumping onto the shelves and making a huge impact on the world of health and beauty. Users are washing their faces with it, brushing their teeth with it, putting it on in
October 9, 2018By Tracy Fuentes
This past week, Disney announced that they will be working on a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, an animated film about two Hawaiian sisters, Nani and Lilo, coping with the loss of their parents. The two decide to adopt a dog, but the dog Lilo picks turns out to be an alien. From there,
October 9, 2018By Jilleen Barrett
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Lifetime’s Drama, YOU’s Season 1 Episode 5. As usual, Lifetime’s YOU is astounding in its creepiness. The writers, Caroline Kepnes (who wrote the best selling book under the same name as the show) and Neil Reynolds have done an exceptionally eerie job at keeping the viewers on the