Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
Here’s a fun fact: A member of the Makovsky family has attended at least one World Series game each time the Cardinals have advanced to baseball’s finals. So it should come as no surprise that Jewish Light Associate Editor Eric Berger would bump...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
The Jewish Community Center has changed the dates of its upcoming Winter Used Book Sale. The sale will now take place Feb. 2-6 at the J’s Arts & Education Building (the sale was previously set for Jan. 26-30). The sale will start with a Preview...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 23, 2020
Every ethnic cuisine has at least one soup that is uniquely identified with the culture and the geography of that group. The Japanese have their ramen, the Italians their minestrone, the French their pistou, the Russians their borscht, the Mexicans their...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
Congratulations to several students at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School for their award-winning dreidels in the 3rd Annual International #DoYouDreidel Design Competition hosted by Akiva School in Nashville, Tenn.The school invited students from Jewish...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 19, 2020
A few months ago, Michelle Goldstein and her husband were preparing for a trip to Portugal. They planned a lot of walking, knowing they’d encounter countless stairs. There was just one problem: Michelle’s knee began hurting weeks before the trip.“I...
By Jordan Eisen, Sophomore, Parkway North High School
• Published January 19, 2020
Which teams will face each other in the next play-off round and who will be in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2? Ohr Chadash Teen Page staff writer Jordan Eisen handicaps the remaining teams below. Eisen is the author of a sports blog at https://fieldofvisionsports.blogspot.com. Kansas...
BY CATE MARQUIS, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 16, 2020
In the moving drama “The Song of Names,” a British man searches for his childhood best friend 35 years after the Jewish Polish violin prodigy vanished on the eve of his concert debut. This glossy, beautifully shot drama starring Tim Roth and Clive...
By Judith Newmark, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 16, 2020
Maybe I’m just super-aware of these things. But I can’t be the only one to have noticed that on stages around St. Louis, 2019 seemed exceptionally . . . Jewish.And we’re not just talking schmaltz. This was challenging, high-quality theater, beautifully...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
A couple of big developments have taken place at institutions on the I.E. Millstone Campus near Creve Coeur. For starters, the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, which is scheduled to undergo significant renovations and an expansion after...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
John Burroughs senior Gabe Fleisher has been tapped to host a new KWMU (STL’s NPR affiliate) podcast, “Wake Up To Politics.” In each brief episode, Fleisher and an expert will deconstruct various political processes and systems behind the news....
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
The Jewish Light is planning a series of special events this year, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 20 with a luncheon at Westwood Country Club called “The Events Event: 20/20 Vision for Life’s Celebrations.” More than 20 tables will be beautifully designed...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
Serial entrepreneur Lynn Hamilton has gone into the T-shirt business, with a mash-up brand of her own Olympic making.“These are niche T-shirts that focus on things that are not Olympic sports but that people take as seriously, such as shopping, chocolate...
