Sam Salz’s first taste of NCAA Division I football came during a kickoff — known in football as a “special teams” play.
For most football players, kickoffs are in fact routine. But if anything about the play was special, it was Salz’s presence...
Phyllis Faye Roth Schlezinger Cantor, died Saturday, November 16 at age 89. She was a resident of Village Shalom Senior Living in Overland Park, Kansas, where she received exceptional care from the staff.
Phyllis was born in Columbus, Ohio on December...
Ina Makovsky passed away on November 15, 2024. Devoted wife of Ronald Makovsky for 74 years; loving mother and mother-in-law to Lynda (Charles) Egan and Susan (Joel) Manesberg; adored grandmother to Lisa Egan; beloved sister of the late Herbert Davis...
WASHINGTON — One of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s last actions as the outgoing Senate majority leader is an attempt to codify a controversial definition of antisemitism in the face of claims from the left and the right that it impinges on free speech.
The...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published November 17, 2024
Mel Brooks, who mocked Adolf Hitler in his 1967 black comedy “The Producers,” has always made the case for satire as a weapon against tyranny.
“You have to bring him down with ridicule,” he told “60 Minutes” in 2001. “It’s been one...
For most of Jewish culinary history, anyone seeking to make matzah balls faced one major choice: sinkers or floaters?
In the 20th century, with the advent of home-cooking conveniences, another decision joined the one about density: from scratch or...
Aleene K. Schneider Zawada, November 13, 2024
Beloved wife of the late Donald F. Zawada; dear sister of Arthur (Marcia) Schneider; dear aunt of Lisa (Peter) Gluck and Emily (Kevin) Kispert; cousin of Dr. Marilyn Siegel and Dr. Barry Siegel; dear...
Torah Portion: Va-yeyra, Genesis 18:1-22:24
Many rabbis and cantors — myself included — have been asked: “What do you do if a Torah Scroll falls to the floor?” (For the answer, read on to the end.)
For this Shabbat, here are two texts. First,...
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, putting forward a firebrand who has tussled with Jewish groups, embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory and associated with a Holocaust denier.
Gaetz, 42, was...
Maury L. Lieberman, November 4, 2024
Beloved husband of Leslie Scallet Lieberman; dear son of the late Albert and the late Jeanette Lieberman; dear brother of Fredde Lieberman (Trang); dear brother-in-law of Patricia Scallet and the late Andrew...
Edward Neal Gershenson gained his eternal reward and entered his rest on November 11, 2024.
Ed was born on February 26th, 1949 to Michael and Marjorie Gershenson, in St Louis, Missouri. Ed grew up in the greater St Louis area where he attended...
Jacob D. “Jack” Lite died on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2024, at the age of 96. He married the love of his life, Paula (née Tabachnik) in 1950, and they enjoyed a long and happy marriage for 64 years. Jack was the dear father and father-in-law...
