In 1960, when Mossad agent Peter Zvi Malkin led a team to capture the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, his cover was that of an ordinary tourist. To maintain this facade, Malkin carried art supplies, including pastels, colored pencils,...

“Hava Nagila” is the typical soundtrack to Jewish weddings and b’nai mitzvah — and, these days, brutal hand-to-hand fighting with naked combatants. Two streaming shows have recently picked up where Guy Ritchie, who used the folk song...

Was The Dick Van Dyke Show a precursor of Seinfeld? And why am I wondering about that now, decades after both TV comedy shows aired their final episodes? In case you haven’t heard, Dick Van Dyke just added another trophy to his bedroom-sized closet...

(JNS) -- An Australian audience on Sunday cheered comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s response to a heckler who interrupted his stand-up show with shouts of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” “We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen....

(JNS) -- Not long after her confrontation with veteran actor Alec Baldwin, the provocative anti-Israel activist who goes by the name “Crackhead Barney” has found a new target: the acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino, who lives in Tel Aviv and...

(JNS) -- In a historic first, evidence of the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Israel 1,650 years ago has been uncovered in the central Israeli city of Lod, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Sunday. The discovery of a large public...

Fourteen-year-old Yosef E. Granillo is a National Merit Scholar. He will receive a $2,500 yearly award from Boeing for four years at the college of his choice. He is also a full member of the St. Louis Youth Symphony Orchestra. Yosef is the son...

Ben Hillman will serve as president of Gastronauts Food Group, the collaboration of food brands Hi-Pointe Drive-In and Taco Buddha. The group will assist both restaurants in sustainable growth, streamlined operational efficiencies and collaborative...

To the publishing industry I am begging you, please, to stop publishing books titled The [Blank] of Auschwitz. Truly, seriously: Please. We’ve had The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The Midwife of Auschwitz. The Violinist of Auschwitz. The Twins of Auschwitz....

We have an update to report regarding our efforts to identify the children in this photo taken in the late 1940s outside the Council House on Wells Avenue. The photo was sent to the Jewish Light by long-time reader and former St. Louisan Dr. Irvin...

While the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers battle it out for the Stanley Cup, the St. Louis Blues have spent the playoffs on the sidelines. The team’s absence hasn’t impacted Farilyn Hale’s love of the game. Hale, 71, is a self-admitted...

An inter-congregational Shavuot celebration was held at Congregation Shaare Emeth on Tuesday evening, June 11, and welcomed members of three other reform congregations:  Congregation Temple Israel, Temple Emanuel, and United Hebrew Congregation. The...