By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 21, 2019
About a year ago, Nusach Hari B’nai Zion analyzed its 13 Torah scrolls, one of which was loaned to the Modern Orthodox shul on a long-term basis.Nine of these, upon analysis, were found to be “POSSUL” or not halachically kosher. Four of the nine...
By Jordan Eisen, Sophomore, Parkway North
• Published November 14, 2019
Every year, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Shinshinim program sends young Israelis to Jewish communities across the United States and Canada to serve as community educators and share what Israel is like.The Israeli teens who take part in the Shinshinim...
By Jamie Korenblat, Senior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published November 14, 2019
Studying abroad is becoming increasingly popular among high school teens in America. While this experience allows students to learn about a different culture as they go to school elsewhere, it also means living thousands of miles from home for months...
By Eliana Brook, Senior, MICDS
• Published November 14, 2019
Meet Lili Toledano, senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, member of Congregation Shaare Emeth and board member for the Reform Jewish Youth Movement (NFTY). Lili also is the founder and president of her school’s fishing club and a group leader...
By Noah Kleinlehrer, Sophomore, MICDS
• Published November 14, 2019
As the days get colder and the leaves begin to turn colors, it’s that time of year again.For some, it is the beginning of football season and hoodie weather. However, to the Jewish community, it has a deeper intensity. It’s the holiest time of the...
(JTA) — Adam Sandler is finally getting some competition in the Hanukkah music world.Haim, Jack Black, the Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo and other prominent artists have recorded songs for a Hanukkah album titled “Hanukkah+,” the record label...
BY CATE MARQUIS, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 7, 2019
Just as fall brings a dazzling display of foliage to St. Louis, the annual St. Louis International Film Festival delivers its own colorful collection of cinema from around the world. This year’s festival, which takes place Nov. 7-17, features four...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 7, 2019
My mother taught me that it was never OK to take something that didn’t belong to you. That was called stealing, and it was wrong. Looking back, the exception seemed to be Sweet’N Low.I can’t remember a time growing up that mom didn’t stuff a few...
BY JUDITH NEWMARK, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 7, 2019
Todd S. Purdum never saw a Rodgers & Hammerstein show at the Muny.But when he was growing up in Macomb, Ill., he saw lots of other musicals at the Forest Park theater. “We came to the Muny quite often,” recalled Purdum, a staff writer at Vanity...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published November 6, 2019
During the recording process for his most recent album, singer and actor Mandy Patinkin was doing a Rufus Wainwright song, “Going to a Town,” which features the refrain “I’m so tired of you, America.”But Patinkin, 66, who is Jewish and has won...
Katherine M. Howe and Zackary J. Maier have announced their engagement.Katherine is the granddaughter of John O’Neill and the late Ann Denny and the late Tom and Delores Howe and the daughter of Joe and Kathy Howe of Chesterfield. Zack is the grandson...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 1, 2019
Congregation Shaare Emeth has begun Torah Tuesday, in which members of its clergy produce 2 to 3 minutes of Torah teaching based on the week’s parsha.“We wanted to do something on a regular basis that wasn’t promoting events or fundraising,” explained...
