BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published March 5, 2020
Camp Sabra, at Lake of the Ozarks, is throwing a 50th Birthday Bash this summer and inviting alumni campers and staffers ages 21 and up from Sabra as well as Camp Hawthorn and Wah-Kon-Dah to attend. Plans include the chance to enjoy all the activities...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published March 5, 2020
It’s been called inappropriate and much worse and drawn the ire of a Missouri lawmaker. Still, books will be read when PJ Library holds drag queen story time at MaTovu in the Botanical Heights neighborhood later this month.So popular is this event —...
By Leanne Shor, The Nosher via JTA
• Published March 5, 2020
This recipe originally appeared in The Nosher.Bringing new life to hamantaschen was a challenge. People are dead set on their favorite flavors like classic poppy seed and apricot. Of course, newer directions such as Nutella and rainbow funfetti are a...
Farin Swan, daughter of Kaven and Angela Swan of Wildwood, and Jacob Albert, son of Louis and Susan Albert of Chesterfield, have announced their engagement. Farin is the granddaughter of the late Franklin and Gloria Bass, and the late Melvin and Carlotta Swan....
The acclaimed international exhibit, “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany Under the Third Reich,” will be coming to St. Louis for the first time on March 8 through June 9. The exhibit has been shown in more than 100 cities in Germany,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 27, 2020
Mention Gaslight Square to St. Louisans of a certain age and watch a smile wash over their faces. From the early 1950s to mid-60s this thriving West End entertainment district, located around the intersection of Olive and Boyle Streets, flourished with...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 27, 2020
As a fan of mid-century modern architecture — I am the proud homeowner of a ’50s style ranch — I’m looking forward to the Channel Nine’s “Mid-Century Modern in St. Louis” program airing at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 5. The show features two...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 27, 2020
An exhibit by Israeli artist Leon Bronstein, “Between the Fantastic and the Real,” is scheduled to open March 6 in the Aronson Gallery at St. Louis University Museum of Art. An opening reception with the artist will take place that day from 5 to...
BY GABE FRIEDMAN, JTA
• Published February 27, 2020
NEW YORK — “This is not murder, this is mitzvah.”That’s a quote from Meyer Offerman, a wealthy Holocaust survivor with a thick Yiddish accent played by Al Pacino, in the first episode of Amazon Studios’ “Hunters,” a hyped new show about...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 27, 2020
The list of those involved in planning the Makers Ball 2020 for Craft Alliance reads like a Who’s Who of the local Jewish community.The organization’s executive director, Mark Witzling, who happens to be a member of United Hebrew, reports that among...
An alliance of Jewish and Catholic organizations recently scored a victory over payday lenders in the city of Florissant. In response to a recommendation contained in the Ferguson Report, Jews United for Justice (JUJ) teamed up with the National Council...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 27, 2020
At the movies: Something wild “The Call of the Wild,” which opened last Friday, is based on the famous 1903 novel by Jack London. It’s the story of Buck, a very big dog whose idyllic life in Northern California ends when he is stolen and transported...
